Sir Anthony Sherley and His Persian Adventure
Author | : E. Denison Ross |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2004-11-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134284733 |
ISBN-13 | : 113428473X |
Rating | : 4/5 (73X Downloads) |
Download or read book Sir Anthony Sherley and His Persian Adventure written by E. Denison Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as including Sherley's own account of his journey into Persia in 1600, this valuable edition includes the main works dealing with Anthony Sherley and his life. Original inaccessible texts are reprinted in full and the critical bibliographical introduction provides excellent guidance for the understanding of the various sources (and their merits and limitations), and the context in which Sherley's own account was composed. When first published in 1933, Sherley's narrative (1613) had never before been reprinted.