My Life's Travels and Adventures: An Eighteenth-Century Oculist in the Ottoman Empire and the European Hinterland Volume 78

by Regina Salomea Pilsztynowa

In her never-finished My Life's Travels and Adventures, the eighteenth-century Polish doctor Regina Salomea Pilsztynowa plays a myriad of roles, including child bride, wife, mother, lover, adventuress, slave trader, writer, and home-taught physician. She successfully carved out a viable niche for herself, navigating the multicultural, multiethnic, and varied religious environment of Europe's eastern periphery. Despite limited expectations for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1649590040
• ISBN13: 9781649590046
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"