Professional Opportunities, Challenges and Adventure in 18th Century Istanbul: The Astonishing Diary of the Female Polish Oculist Salomea Pilsztynowa (1760)
The diary of Salomea Pilsztynowa (1718 – after 1763) entitled Echo of the Journey and Adventures of My Life reads like a picaresque novel full of drama, romance, danger, and intrigue, narrating the ups and downs of the heroine’s encounters with various characters populating a cosmopolitan yet tumultuous Ottoman Empire. Written in Polish in 1760, […]