Sir Jerome Horsey's travels and adventures in Russia and Eastern Europe / edited with an introduction by John Anthony Butler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, John A. (John Anthony), 1950- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horsey, Jerome, 1500?-1626.

Horsey, Jerome.

Explorers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

This volume details Sir Jerome Horsey's account of his experiences in Russia and other countries. Horsey, who spent the better part of seventeen years in the country until leaving in 1591, was an employee of the Muscovy Company, but also operated as an unofficial ambassador for both the English and Russian governments. He was personally acquainted with such people as Ivan the Terrible, Tsar Fyodor I and Boris Godunov, and gives lively and interesting accounts of his interactions with them, as well as with many other prominent people, both Russian and English. Horsey has been accused of exaggeration, chicanery and self-advertisement, but his account is by far the most readable and enjoyable of the many books written by English people sojourning in Russia. It has been published only twice, both times in conjunction with Giles Fletcher's contemporary and more "professional" account of the Russian state; this edition, with a full introduction and extensive notes, is the first to present Horsey's book on its own. It is a travel-book, an adventure story and an autobiography of a controversial and significant figure.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

Epistle Dedicatory

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Chapter VIII

Chapter IX

Chapter X

Chapter XI

Chapter XII

Chapter XIII

Chapter XIV

Chapter XV

Chapter XVI

Chapter XVII

Chapter XVIII

Chapter XIX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Appendix IV

Colour Centrefold

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781527520639

1527520633

OCLC:

1064016732