The Backstory of Lady Mary Pierrepont's Turkish Embassy Letter

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Lady Mary Pierrepont was coming from an aristocrat family. She was an English writer and she was known for the letters she wrote while she was traveling. She became Lady Mary Wortley Montagu when she elopes against her father's wishes with Edward Wortley Montague, who was named ambassador to Constantinople. Because she contracts the smallpox, she decided to follow her husband in his travels, claiming that the change of climate would be benefic for her health. It wasn’t casual for woman to travel alone and poorly perceived by society. One of the famous one was “The Turkish Embassy Letters”, she wrote this letter while she was traveling to the Ottoman court with her husband. Also, at this time woman were not published but it didn’t stop her from writing. Like the French “Precieuses”, she circulated her poetry to friends and was more interested in satire, wit, and sex than sentiment. She also was a journalism editor and published her own periodical “The Nonsense of Common Sense”. By writing her letters while traveling and using her personal and sentimental style, she engaged the style ...

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