This Orient Isle : Elizabethan England and the Islamic world
2016, 1st edition. London : Allen Lane. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #410344
ISBN: 0241004020
Physical description: xiii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-335) and index. Contents: Conquering Tunis -- The Sultan, the Tsar and the Shah -- The Battle for Barbary -- An Apt Man in Constantinople -- Unholy Alliances -- Sultana Isabel -- London Turns Turk -- Mahomet's Dove -- Escape from the Seraglio -- Sherley Fever -- More than a Moor. Subjects: 1500-1603; Cultural relations History 16th century; East and West; British Islamic countries History 16th century; Society, British; Diplomatic relations.
Price: €25.00