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On Horseback Through Asia Minor (Equestrian Travel Classics)
On Horseback Through Asia Minor - Equestrian Travel Classics Author:Frederick Burnaby Originally published in 1877, Burnaby's On Horseback Through Asia Minor tells of the author's quest to answer a single question: "Were the Turks," as he put it, "such awful scoundrels?" The question was in response to lurid newspaper accounts of atrocities committed against Bulgarian Christians in 1876. A resolute Victorian explorer,... more » Burnaby chronicled his inquiries into the tensions between Christians and Muslims, and Armenians, Kurds and Turks, and speculated on what British troops might have to deal with if England were drawn into a war on Turkish territory. Through amusing character studies of his two servants, Burnaby enhanced his descriptions of Turkish society and customs and turned this book into an enduring piece of travel literature.« less