Episode 13: Honey from Athens... but Alas! No Butter

Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History

Henrietta Marchant Liston to Dick Ramage, 6 March 1813 In which Henrietta Marchant Liston, married to diplomat Robert Liston, writes to her nephew about her experience so far in Constantinople. "We are out of your world it is true; but we are in the Oriental one." Many thanks to BOTH of this week's guests, Dora Petherbridge and Patrick Hart, two of the editors of Henrietta Liston's journals. More Sources: For the print edition of Henrietta Liston's Turkish Journals: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-henrietta-liston-s-travels.html For the FANTASTIC digital resource, featuring Liston's journals and letters, as well as interactive maps, videos, and essays: https://digital.nls.uk/travels-of-henrietta-liston/listons/index.html