“MAHMUT” THE TURKISH SPY – LETTERS WRIT BY TURKISH SPY

A VERY INTERESTING 8-VOLUME BOOK THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN 18TH CENTURY FRANCE...

THE IMAGINARY TURKISH SPY “MAHMUT” LIVING UNKNOWN FOR 45 YEARS IN PARIS, CONSISTING OF 644 LETTERS CONTAINING CURRENT POLITICS IN FRANCE, ROSSIBLE AND FITTED STORIES, THE AUTHOR IS UNKNOWN, DUE TO THE INTENSIVE INTEREST, THE 8-VOLUME WORK WAS MADE IN 15 PRINTS IN THE 18TH CENTURY…

THIS WORK OF 8 VOLUMES ATTRACTED HUGE ATTENTION FROM READERS, SCHOLARS AND HISTORIANS DURING 15TH CENTURY AND INCLUDES INCIDENTS FROM 1637 CARDINAL RICHELIEU’S ERA UNTIL 1682 XIV. LOUIS’ REIGN CONSISTING OF 664 LETTERS…

DESPITE THE AUTHOR OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF THIS HIGHLY POPULAR BOOK IS CONSIDERED TO BE GIOVANNI PAOLO MARANA OF GENEVA, THE REMAINING 7 VOLUMES STILL CONTINUE TO BE ANONYMOUS…

THESE LETTERS ARE MOSTLY ABOUT POLITICAL RUMORS, SATIRE ON DAILY LIFE AND SOCIETY MEANWHILE MENTIONING OF INTIMATE TOPICS SUCH AS MADE UP RELIGIOUS STORIES… SOME OF THE LETTERS COVER SPECULATIONS ABOUT POLITICAL FIGURES LIKE RICHELIEU AND MAZARIN ON THEIR PRIVATE LIFE…