The City of the Sultan
The City of the Sultan

Author: Miss Pardoe

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-08-29

Total Pages: 613

ISBN-13:

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Excerpt: "Seagulls were flying past us in clouds, and sporting like domestic birds about the vessel, while many of the adjoining roofs were clustered with them; the wild-duck and the water-hen were diving under our very stern in search of food; and shoals of porpoises were every moment rolling by, turning up their white bellies to the light, and reveling in safety amid the sounds and sights of a mighty city, as though unconscious of the vicinity of danger."

The City of the Sultan, And, Domestic Manners of the Turks In 1836
The City of the Sultan, And, Domestic Manners of the Turks In 1836

Author: Julia Pardoe

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-05-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781533039521

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Julia Pardoe (December 4, 1806 - November 26, 1862), was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveller. She was born at Beverley, Yorkshire, and showed an early interest in literature. She became a prolific and versatile writer, producing in addition to her lively and well-written novels many books on travel, and others dealing with historical subjects. She was a keen observer, and her travel to the East gave her an accurate and deep knowledge of the peoples and manners of the East. To modern readers she is probably best known for her books on her travels in Turkey, which are some of the earliest works by a woman on this area. In 1836 she travelled to Constantinople with her father, Major Thomas Pardoe. This voyage inspired her book The City of the Sultan (1836). Later she collaborated with the artist William Henry Bartlett to produce The Beauties of the Bosphorus (1839), an illustrated account of Constantinople.

Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 2
Panoramas, 1787–1900 Vol 2

Author: Laurie Garrison

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-05-17

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1040128807

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The panorama is primarily a visual medium, but a variety of print matter mediated its viewing; adverts, reviews, handbills and a descriptive programme accompanied by an annotated key to the canvas. The short accounts, programs, reviews, articles and lectures collected here are the primary historical sources left to us.