By Robert Curzon

A sometimes humorous and moving first-hand account of Armenian life in the Ottoman Empire before the Genocide.

Robert Curzon was sent to Asiatic Turkey in 1842 to work on an international commission to demarcate the frontiers between Ottoman Turkey and Persia. Based in Erzeroom, he observed everyday life in the Ottoman Empire from close quarters.

His book is an absorbing account of Ottoman provincial life, before the Armenian Genocide. The author reflects on the harsh uplands of Ottoman Armenia. Humorous throughout, Curzon writes about the virtues of tezek, the pitfalls of winter travel, trout fishing at Tortoum, and relations between local Armenians, Kurds, and Turks.

154 pages, soft cover

ISBN# 1903656222