![]() ![]() Endlessly manipulative and clever, she carefully arranges the downfall of her rivals and endears herself to the Sultan, which places her at the center of the Empire’s power. ![]() ![]() Among them is Gulbehar, the Sultan’s submissive favorite and mother of his heir Julia, the daughter of an Italian lord, kidnapped when she attempted to flee Venice with her lover and Hürrem, a Tartar girl from the Russian steppes, sold into slavery.Īll three women are beautiful, but Hürrem is the most dangerous-ruthless in her desire to rule the Harem and, ultimately, Suleyman himself. And at the heart of his palace is the Sultan’s vast Harem, the domain of hundreds of scented, pampered women-some wives, some concubines, some merely slaves. In Constantinople there is only one ruler: Sultan Suleyman the Magni?cent, Lord of Lords of this World, Possessor of Men’s Necks, Allah’s Deputy, absolute ruler of the mighty Ottoman Empire. From the author of the critically acclaimed When We Were Gods comes a dramatic, unforgettable novel of cruelty and passion set in the great Harem of the Ottoman empire. ![]()
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