{"product_id":"the-life-and-letters-of-ogier-ghiselin-de-busbecq-seigneur-of-bousbecque-knight-imperial-ambassador-paperback-9781108054553","title":"The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq; Seigneur of Bousbecque, Knight, Imperial Ambassador (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSeigneur of Bousbecque, Knight, Imperial Ambassador\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetters by a sixteenth-century Flemish writer, herbalist and diplomat, including his Turkish Letters, published in two volumes in 1881.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOgier Ghislain de Busbecq (Author), Charles Thornton Foster (Edited and translated by), F. H. Blackburne Daniell (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108054553, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOgier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522–92) was a Flemish herbalist, diplomat and writer. In 1554, Ferdinand I, soon to be Holy Roman Emperor, dispatched him to Suleiman the Magnificent's court as an ambassador to the Ottoman empire, where Busbecq spent years negotiating a border dispute between his employer and the sultan. While there, he also discovered important manuscripts and sent the first tulip bulbs to Europe. He returned to Vienna in 1562, where he acted as counsellor to Ferdinand, after whose death he continued to serve the Habsburgs. This two-volume work, first published in 1881, contains Busbecq's letters, edited and translated into English from Latin by two Cambridge scholars. Volume 1 contains a lengthy biography of Busbecq, written by the editors, and his famous Turkish Letters, which are a unique source of information on Ottoman court life in the sixteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLife of Busbecq\u003cbr\u003e Turkish letters 1\u003cbr\u003e Turkish letters 2\u003cbr\u003e Turkish letters 3\u003cbr\u003e Turkish letters 4.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266109362456,"sku":"9781108054553","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054553i.jpg?v=1696747196","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-and-letters-of-ogier-ghiselin-de-busbecq-seigneur-of-bousbecque-knight-imperial-ambassador-paperback-9781108054553","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}