The Sultan S Wife

Author : Jane Johnson
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385670005

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The Sultan's Wife by Jane Johnson Pdf

Page-turning mystery, grandly seductive romance and full historical immersion into Moroccan court history, this exquisitely depicted and intensely absorbing novel follows in the bestselling tradition of The Tenth Gift and The Salt Road. 1677, Morocco. Behind the magnificent walls and towering arches of the Palace of Meknes, captive chieftain's son and now a lowly scribe, Nus Nus is framed for murder. As he attempts to evade punishment for the bloody crime, Nus Nus finds himself trapped in a vicious plot, caught between the three most powerful figures in the court: the cruel and arbitrary sultan, Moulay Ismail, one of the most tyrannical rulers in history; his monstrous wife Zidana, famed for her use of poison and black magic; and the conniving Grand Vizier. Meanwhile, a young Englishwoman named Alys Swann has been taken prisoner by Barbary corsairs and brought to the court. She faces a simple choice: renounce her faith and join the Sultan's harem; or die. As they battle for survival, Alys and Nus Nus find themselves thrust into an unlikely alliance--an alliance that will become a deep and moving relationship in which these two outsiders will find sustenance and courage in the most perilous of circumstances. From the danger and majesty of Meknes to the stinking streets of London and the decadent court of Charles II, The Sultan's Wife brings to life some of the most remarkable characters of history through a captivating tale of intrigue, loyalty and desire.

Author : Tracy Sinclair,Yoshiko Hanatsu
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9784596782540

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THE SULTAN'S WIVES by Tracy Sinclair,Yoshiko Hanatsu Pdf

Fearless freelance photojournalist Pippa goes to the small Arabic country of Sharribai to chase a story. She’s heard it’s a strict monarchy where harems still exist, and she wants to find out the truth. But Pippa is mistaken for a spy and arrested upon arrival. Sultan Mikolar suggests she become his lover in exchange for her release and an exclusive interview with him. When Pippa accepts his proposal, she soon finds herself falling for him…and uncovering a dark palace conspiracy!

Author : Leslie Peirce
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465093090

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Empress of the East by Leslie Peirce Pdf

The "fascinating . . . lively" story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empire (New York Times). In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave traders from her Ruthenian homeland and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Istanbul. Suleyman became besotted with her and foreswore all other concubines. Then, in an unprecedented step, he freed her and married her. The bold and canny Roxelana soon became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, who helped Suleyman keep pace with a changing world in which women, from Isabella of Hungary to Catherine de Medici, increasingly held the reins of power. Until now Roxelana has been seen as a seductress who brought ruin to the empire, but in Empress of the East, Peirce reveals the true history of an elusive figure who transformed the Ottoman harem into an institution of imperial rule.

Author : Abby Green
Publisher : Harlequin / SB Creative
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9784596688644

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THE SULTAN'S CHOICE by Abby Green Pdf

Shy, stutter-prone Samia has been told that she’s a gangly, gawky girl who will never amount to anything, but thanks to her royal bloodline, she’s been prepared and presented as a woman fit to rule. And even ifshe can’t marry for love, she can at least be wed off for the sake of diplomacy. After seeing the way the way his father treated his mother, Sadiq thought that he would never love, so when these two are united, they expect nothing to come from it. Yet their desert kingdom of romance may soon grow roses of love…

Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442446816

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Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher Pdf

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan's story begins.... It falls to Marjan to help Shahrazad find new stories -- ones the Sultan has never heard before. To do that, the girl is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, pulling tales from strangers and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.

Author : Jane Johnson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307409249

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The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson Pdf

An enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it, in The Tenth Gift the art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love stories In an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that changes her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna. Yet in its margins are the faintest diary entries; they reveal that “Cat” and others were stolen from their Cornish church in 1625 by Muslim pirates and taken on a brutal voyage to Morocco to be auctioned off as slaves. Captivated by this dramatic discovery, Julia sets off to North Africa to determine the authenticity of the book and to uncover more of Cat’s mesmerizing story. There, in the company of a charismatic Moroccan guide, amid the sultry heat, the spice markets, and exotic ruins, Julia will discover secrets long buried. And in Morocco—just as Cat did before her—she will lose her heart. Though they live almost 400 years apart, the stories of these two women converge in an extraordinary and haunting manner that begs the question, is history fated to repeat itself? “The Tenth Gift is wildly yet convincingly romantic—a rare combo . . . both a sensitive portrayal of Muslim culture and a delectable adventure of the heart.”—USA Today

Author : Jane Porter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426815829

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The Sultan's Bought Bride by Jane Porter Pdf

Princess Nicolette Ducasse refused to let her sister marry SultanMalik Roman Nuri of Baraka. So she traveled to his faraway kingdom totell him the wedding was off, never expecting that Malik would be oneseriously sexy sultan! Resisting him would be hard.But Malik made it clear that if they shared a bed the wedding was on.He was a modern monarch in many ways—except when it came to hisbride!

Author : Alexandra Sellers
Publisher : Silhouette
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459204344

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The Sultan's Heir by Alexandra Sellers Pdf

Sheikh Najib blasted into Rosalind Lewis's life and staked a sultan's claim on her son! Her denial of the boy's royal lineage was met with deaf ears-and relentless kisses. When danger threatened, mother and child were whisked into Najib's exotic world, a faraway place where protection meant marriage. But with every night in the arms of her sheikh "husband," Rosalind's secret threatened to surface. Would the truth bring a bitter end-or a heartfelt vow?

Author : Leslie P. Peirce
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0195086775

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The Imperial Harem by Leslie P. Peirce Pdf

The unprecedented political power of the Ottoman imperial harem in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is widely viewed as illegitimate and corrupting. This book examines the sources of royal women's power and assesses the reactions of contemporaries, which ranged from loyal devotion to armed opposition. By examining political action in the context of household networks, Leslie Peirce demonstrates that female power was a logical, indeed an intended, consequence of political structures. Royal women were custodians of sovereign power, training their sons in its use and exercising it directly as regents when necessary. Furthermore, they played central roles in the public culture of sovereignty--royal ceremonial, monumental building, and patronage of artistic production. The Imperial Harem argues that the exercise of political power was tied to definitions of sexuality. Within the dynasty, the hierarchy of female power, like the hierarchy of male power, reflected the broader society's control for social control of the sexually active.

Author : Richard Davey
Publisher : London : Chapman and Hall, Limited
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Sultans
ISBN : UCAL:$B57508

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The Sultan and His Subjects by Richard Davey Pdf

Author : Knut S. Vikør
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 0195223985

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Between God and the Sultan by Knut S. Vikør Pdf

The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God, who gave the law, and the state--the sultan--representing society and implementing the law. This tension and dynamic have created a very particular history for the law--in how it was formulated and by whom, in its theoretical basis and its actual rules, and in how it was practiced in historical reality from the time of its formation until today. That is the main theme of this book. Knut S. Vikor introduces the development and practice of Islamic law to a wide readership: students, lawyers, and the growing number of those interested in Islamic civilization. He summarizes the main concepts of Islamic jurisprudence; discusses debates concerning the historicity of Islamic sources of dogma and the dating of early Islamic law; describes the classic practice of the law, in the formulation and elaboration of legal rules and practice in the courts; and sets out various substantive legal rules, on such vital matters as the family and economic activity.

Author : Ann Chamberlin
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812553853

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The Sultan's Daughter by Ann Chamberlin Pdf

Giorgio Veniero, a eunuch, guards the life and honor of his beloved mistress, Esmikhan, the Sultan's daughter, but when forbidden passion tempts her, Giorgio risks his life to find that her happiness is in his hands. Reprint. AB. LJ. PW.

Author : Noel Barber
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015034900707

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The Sultans by Noel Barber Pdf

The subject of this vast, astonishing and brilliantly readable work of history is the bizarre story of the Ottoman Empire, seen through the lives and actions of its sultans, with their absolute power and terrifying cruelty, their love of pomp and magnificence and their overwhelming venality and corruption. The author describes the men, the events, the daily life, the strange customs of Turkey's court, from her emergence as a great power in the sixteenth century to the death of Kemal Ataturk, who overthrew the Sultanate to establish a new and more modern form of tyranny. This book is a unique and fascinating record of four centuries of glory, debauchery, splendor and cruelty. --from inside jacket flap.

Author : Annie West
Publisher : Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Presents 90s
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Harems
ISBN : 0373137915

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The Sultan's Harem Bride by Annie West Pdf

WANTED: Desert princess to join harem Sultan Asim of Jazeer has hundreds of women at his beck and call. So why does he want the only one who threatens to reveal his family's shameful secrets? Journalist Jacqui Fletcher jumped at the chance to write a history of the harem--not to become a sultan's plaything! But it's hard to remember her assignment when the sultan's sensuous caresses spark a fire she's never experienced before... Asim is looking for a pliable princess for a marriage of duty. Brave, beautiful Jacqui couldn't be more wrong for him. So why does holding her feel so right?

Author : Magdalena Niedzwiedzka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945544430

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The Heretic Queen by Magdalena Niedzwiedzka Pdf