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Peace Prospects and Turmoil Amid Ottoman Court Conflicts
Dispatches describe factions at the Ottoman Court as they debate peace, with the Grand Visier set to speak after a half month. A devastating October fire in Constantinople destroyed about 2000 houses, while births in the palace stir superstition and public joy. Diplomats Heemskirk and Lord Paget travel to Adrianople to negotiate peace, with hopeful signs from Vienna and Hungary amid shifting imperial politics and noble promotions across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Adriamople
M. d. Heemskirk
Peter Raradiy
Rhine
D.of
Hungary
Marquis of
Flew
Great Britain
M. Heemskirk
Adrianople
Turkey
Saxon-Adersburgh
Hexsler
Orco Herri
Jobns George
Duke of
Szevaria
M. Alexander Lewis
Herman Scherning
Bohemia
Count Caprara
D. of Hanover
Zreves
Cologne
The
Palatinate
France