Ebook: Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751–1817): Freidenker – Diplomat – Orientkenner

Heinrich Friedrich von Diez was one of the most dazzling figures of the late Enlightenment era. A freethinker from an early age, this highly ambitious figure with idiosyncratic views became Prussia’s chargé d’affaires in Constantinople in 1780. Here he engaged intensively in political life while also undertaking oriental studies and building a vast library of handwritten manuscripts and books.