Sent by Ferdinand I as envoy to the Ottoman sultan, the Flemish diplomat Busbecq wrote four long Turkish Letters describing Constantinople, the janissaries, Suleiman’s court and army, and his own years of confinement there. Forster and Daniell’s edition, with both volumes combined here, adds a full biography and his later letters from France in the age of Catherine de’ Medici.
One of the liveliest European portraits of the Ottoman Empire at its height, for history and travel readers alike. Download the free EPUB.