Celebi's writings provide a fascinating and unmatched picture of his world, and this volume finally makes his journeys available to an English-speaking audience. -- Choice "Choice"

Reviews

'Evliya Çelebi was the widest- eyed, most intensely curious, inquisitive and prolific travel writer the Ottoman world ever produced.' William Dalrymple, Times Literary Supplement'Pages abound with vivid, and often unique, descriptions of oil wells in Baku and cats in Ardabil, court protocol in Crimea and acrobatics in Diyarbekır.' Philip Mansel, Spectator'Ottoman historians have long kept Evliya Çelebi to themselves, and now the secret is out.' Caroline Finkel, author of Osman's Dream'If you can imagine a writer who is a combination of Samuel Pepys, Falstaff and the courtier Prince de Ligne ... then you will approach the fascinating talent of Evliya Çelebi.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Financial Times