Sunshine and Storm in the East
Or, Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople

A popular account of two voyages to Constantinople in a steam yacht, describing exotic locations and domestic life.

Annie Brassey (Author)

9781108024624, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 December 2010

498 pages, 114 b/w illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

Anna, Lady Brassey (1839–1887) was an English travel writer and philanthropist best known for her vivid accounts of ocean journeys undertaken with her family. Her husband was a Civil Lord of the Admiralty who made many ocean voyages by steam yacht to test this new technology. Anna Brassey's description of these travels led to her becoming a best-selling author. In 1874 and 1878 the Brasseys sailed around the Mediterranean and as far as Constantinople in the Sunbeam. Her account of the voyages, with many delightful illustrations, is vividly written in considerable detail. It mixes exotic descriptions of people and places with lively accounts of domestic life on board. Inconveniences are made light of, and she relishes new experiences and acquaintances, showing none of the condescension towards foreigners often exhibited by Victorian travellers. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=brasan

Preface
Part I. Constantinople, Ionian Islands (1874): 1. Our start - Ryde, Tangier, and Gibraltar
2. Tetuan, Ceuta, and Sicily
3. Athens, Greece, and the Archipelago
4. Constantinople
5. The Bosphorus and its palaces
6. The Black Sea, Skutari, Broussa, harems
7. Visits from Turkish ladies. Feast of Bairam. Walls and palaces of Constantinople
8. The Sea of Marmora, Dardanelles, Smyrna, Ephesus, Chios, and Milo
9. Zante, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Corfu, and Albania
10. Paxos, Spartivento, Messina, and Naples
11. Bastia, Nice, Paris, and home
Part II. Cyprus, Constantinople (1878): 1. Portsmouth, Brest, and Vigo
2. Cadiz, Seville, and Gibraltar
3. Oran and Cagliari
4. Naples, Pompeii, Paestum, Capri, Messina, and Cyprus
5. Island of Cyprus - Port Papho, Limasol, Larnaka
6. Nikosia, Mathiati, and Famagousta
7. Kyrenia, Morfu, Kikko, and Karavastasia
8. Rhodes, Besika Bay, the Dardanelles
9. Artaki Bay, English fleet, and Constantinople
10. Adrianople
11. Constantinople again, Gallipoli, Syra, and Milo
12. Milo to Malea and Malta
13. From Malta to Marseilles
14. Home once more
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]