Humfrey Coningsby

Born 1567. Keen to Travel. Central Europe, The Ottoman Empire, etc. Follow me for luck, love and incidental bloodshed...

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

From 1953 not 1595, the ghosts of @HumfConingsby & Safiye send you this toe-tapper. Keep the faith, time-prowlers. https://t.co/rynXTvQ42t

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

I am here. I am still here...

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

@c_hookway @BBCRadio4 @annabelalone I thank you, lady. Some assistance would be nice

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

We will be safe. The boats are crowded but I am an Englishman. Surely they will respect me. Safiye, you are not well, but it will be well.

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

The sea. The southern sea. Oh, for my northern sea. For my hills and streams. My rain, my English rain. Safiye, it will be well. #hope

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

We head south. Syria. A noble country. Aleppo. A noble city. #hope #home

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

This Turkish sun rises early. I hurry. There is no time to lose. I am not asleep, Hassan, you rogue... #stayingalive

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

We walk in the court. I listen to her and understand not a word, every word. #wemustgo #soon

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They doubt my honour. I doubt theirs. But I will take her. #CantTrustAnyone #EspeciallyNotForeigners #WaitIAmAForeigner

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

@EdithCalman How very true, my Lady. #lifeishard

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I walk in courtyards. Something has happened to me. #EverFallen #InLoveWithSomeone #YouShouldn’tHaveFallenInLoveWith

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Coningsby leaving Istanbul, sure of it. Hasan Zayan knows more than he tells me. #GettingSomewhere #ImNoFool #HumfConingsby

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To be received by Court. Servants made a hash of ruff. Woke with her in my mind. #BigDay #DryCleaners. #WhatIsThisFeeling

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Not warm welcome. No sweetmeats and stuffed sultanas? I am misunderstood. #ThatHurt #ThatWasNice #WhatALovelyCountenance

[David Brady @AntiProfessor]

This is the @YalePevsner entry for Neen Sollars about the @HumfConingsby Monument on @BBCRadio4 atm

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Ottoman Empire https://t.co/xOIE12Qqjx

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Mehmed the Third https://t.co/xeE1wpl8BG

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Romance of rail overrated. Drunk soldiery. A sea of vomit. #Arrivedsafely #HeartOfOttomanEmpire #DidIRenewInsurance

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Sword in scabbard. Arm aches to buggery. Severed heads everywhere. #justsaying #toomanytocount #sixteenthcenturyproblem.

[Humfrey Coningsby @HumfConingsby]

Ottomans wasted, Strigonium ours. Rudolf rides roughshod. Gents stand firm. #PrinceRudolf #Mehmed3 #SonofNeenSollars. http://t.co/qaikSwiofE