Under the Turk in Constantinople
G. F. Abbott
A record of Sir John Finch's Embassy
1674-1681
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I A DIPLOMAT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
- CHAPTER II SIR JOHN’S PROGRAMME
- CHAPTER III LIFE IN CONSTANTINOPLE
- CHAPTER IV THE MEN ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR
- CHAPTER V STRENUA INERTIA
- CHAPTER VI SIR JOHN GOES TO COURT
- CHAPTER VII THE FESTIVITIES
- CHAPTER VIII DIPLOMACY—HIGH AND OTHERWISE
- CHAPTER IX THE SUBLIME THRESHOLD
- CHAPTER X HOPES DEFERRED
- CHAPTER XI FROM PURGATORY TO PERA
- CHAPTER XII HALCYON DAYS
- CHAPTER XIII THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE
- CHAPTER XIV KARA MUSTAFA AND THE ALEPPO DOLLARS
- CHAPTER XV INTERLUDE
- CHAPTER XVI THE CASE OF MRS. PENTLOW
- CHAPTER XVII THE PILOT AT REST
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRICE OF PARCHMENT
- CHAPTER XIX SIR JOHN’S “TICKLISH CONDITION”
- CHAPTER XX A LULL IN THE STORM
- CHAPTER XXI RELEASE
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX I
- APPENDIX II
- APPENDIX III
- APPENDIX IV
- APPENDIX V
- APPENDIX VI
- APPENDIX VII
- APPENDIX VIII
- APPENDIX IX
- APPENDIX X
- APPENDIX XI
- APPENDIX XII
- APPENDIX XIII
- APPENDIX XIV
- APPENDIX XV
- APPENDIX XVI
- INDEX
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