Download or read book The Sultan s Eyes written by Kelly Gardiner and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SULTAN'S EYES is the sequel to ACT OF FAITH. The year is 1648 and life in Venice is serene for Isabella Hawkins and her friends Willem, Al-Qasim and Signora Contarini. Together they publish fine books like the controversial encyclopaedia, The Sum of All Knowledge. When a new Inquisitor declares war on free speech however, they are forced to flee across the seas to the wondrous capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, which is ruled by the infamous Sultanate of the Women. Old friends and new, including the boy Sultan and his sister, welcome them to the world's greatest city. But Isabella is soon entangled in poisonous palace intrigues, while her friends secretly play perilous games of their own. The fascinating and page-turning sequel to Act of Faith, which was shortlisted for the 2012 NSW Premier's Literary awards, the 2012 Gold Inky awards and highly commended in the 2012 Barbara Jefferis Awards. Praise for Act of Faith: The novel is expansive and impressive, and with Gardiners eloquent words and literary flair she acts as fictional tour-guide breathing life into these cobblestoned walkways and Ghetto communities...a divine story, dripping in history and delivering a wonderful message of freedom, loyalty and bravery.The Alpha Reader Highly recommended...It is fast paced and the intriguing and well researched detail of life on the Continent in the 17th Century will be enjoyed by readers.' ReadPlus

Download or read book An Evil Eye written by Jason Goodwin and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Edgar® Award–winning author of The Janissary Tree comes the fourth and most captivating Investigator Yashim mystery yet! It takes a writer of prodigious talents to conjure the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire in all its majesty. In three previous novels, Jason Goodwin has taken us on stylish, suspenseful, and vibrant excursions into its exotic territory. Now, in An Evil Eye, the mystery of Istanbul runs deeper than ever before. It's 1839, and the admiral of the Ottoman fleet has defected to the Egyptians. It's up to the intrepid Investigator Yashim to uncover the man's motives. Of course, Fevzi Ahmet is no stranger to Yashim—it was Fevzi who taught the investigator his craft years ago. He's the only man whom Yashim has ever truly feared: ruthless, cruel, and unswervingly loyal to the sultan. So what could have led Yashim's former mentor to betray the Ottoman Empire? Yashim's search draws him into the sultan's seraglio, a well-appointed world with an undercurrent of fear, ambition, and deep-seated superstition. When the women of the sultan's orchestra begin inexplicably to grow ill and die, Yashim discovers that the admiral's defection may be rooted somewhere in the torturous strictures of the sultan's harem. No one knows more about the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul than Jason Goodwin, of whom Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times: "Mr. Goodwin uses rich historical detail to elevate the books in this series . . . far above the realm of everyday sleuthing."

Download or read book The Sultan s Favorite written by and published by The Sultan's Favorite. This book was released on with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sultan s Court written by Alain Grosrichard and published by Verso. This book was released on 1998-08-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of Western accounts of "Oriental despotism" in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing particularly on portrayals of the Ottoman empire and the supposedly enigmatic structure of the despot's court - the seraglio - with its viziers, dwarfs, mutes, eunuchs and countless wives.

Download or read book The Sultan and his People written by C. Oscanyan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-16 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book Oriental Anecdotes of the Ancient Sultans of One Two and Three Centuries Past Related by a Turk Mehemed Effendi written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The City of the Sultan And Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1836 written by Miss Pardoe (Julia) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The city of the sultan and domestic manners of the Turks in 1836 written by Julia S H. Pardoe and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book THE SULTAN S FAVOURITE written by Helen Brooks and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 【Free Comic!】Malik Haman was determined to have Louisa the moment he set eyes on her. He seduced her and introduced her to an exotic world she had never known. But, as a stranger in his land, how could she hope for a permanent position in his life... and his heart?

Download or read book The Eye of Istar written by William Le Queux and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sultan s Bride written by Magicallovely and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That 'yes' could mean my death, torture, hate, disrespect, rape or anything more heartless and brutal. But, keeping my head high I said 'I am ready!" He was the king of Arab, living miles away and had an evil plan against my Empire proposed for the marriage in front of Royal court with me but little did he know was nothing I had on my mind. I agreed for the wedding and his face fell. I could clearly see the anger and hate he had for me as expected a straight denial. But, I couldn't deny. I had to accept it for the sake of my empire and my family didn't know anything about the conspiracy. I didn't know what he had for me but I somehow made myself ready for everything he had to give and never let him succeed in what he was thinking. But, my world turned upside down when I reached his Empire. I couldn't believe he had such plans. This is the Journey of Princess Gulaab as she accepted the proposal of a Twisted Sultan about whom she knows nothing. All she knew was he was planning a vast conspiracy against her Empire and she was the only one who could ruin his plan to ashes. She didn't twice of herself, she didn't twice about how she would be treated far away from her Empire. All she cared was only well for her Empire and she could literally do anything for her Brother and her Empire.

Download or read book The Sultan of Byzantium written by Selcuk Altun and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting the Ottoman invaders in Constantinople in 1453, Emperor Constantine XI was killed, his body never found. Legend has it that he escaped in a Genoese ship, cheating certain death at the hands of the Turks and earning himself the title of Immortal Emperor. Five centuries after his disappearance, three mysterious men contact a young professor living in Istanbul. Members of a secret sect, they have guarded the Immortal Emperor's will for generations. They tell him that he is the next Byzantine emperor and that in order to take possession of his fortune he must carry out his ancestor's last wishes. The professor embarks on a dangerous journey, taking him to the heart of a mystery of epic historical significance. The Sultan of Byzantium is a symbiosis of story and history and a homage to Byzantine civilisation.

Download or read book Harem Secrets written by Raphael Amadore and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, has a harem of three hundred beautiful concubines. His soul and eyes desire only one; the one who makes him a poet. Only one makes him long for her every touch. What is her aphrodisiac? Roxelana, known as Hurrem-The Cheerful One in the harem has a brilliant mind within her irresistible body. She holds a 75 year old secret that could sow seeds of destruction in the Ottoman Sultanate; a secret granted her by none other than the Sultan's own mother. What is this secret curse? What power does Roxelana wield over Suleyman that he would break tradition and make her queen? Is it simply love or something more that tempts the Sultan? Why does she learn the ancient art of Kama Sutra from an Indian princess in the harem and then send Suleyman to war? And why would the Sultan's mother entrust the great secret to a mere harem girl? Rich with eroticism of the harem and the twisting, intrigues of the empire ruled from Topkapi palace, Harem Secrets creates embroidery of compelling plots since the fall of Constantinople. At the height of power, two figures change world history in Europe and Asia; history that was later influenced through a legendary harem dancer, Anarkali of Ottoman origins. Her mystery continues into the Palaces of Mogul emperors.

Download or read book The Sultan s Virgin Bride written by Sarah Morgan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s the most eligible bachelor in the world. She’s the one who got away. “The sensual love scenes . . . will keep you turning the pages of this spicy book.” —RT Book Reviews Sultan Tariq bin Omar al-Sharma can have anything, and anyone, he wants. The one exception is heiress Farrah Tyndall, whom he lost after their passionate affair ended. Farrah was crushed when she discovered Tariq only wanted her in his bed. Five years on, Tariq’s business deal can only be secured by marrying Farrah. Now he must persuade her to love him once more. But as a prince of the desert, dare he mix business with pleasure?

Download or read book The Eye of Istar written by William Le Queux and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Eye of Istar" is a captivating romance following Al-Motardjim, a North African dervish loyal to the Sudanese Mahdi, who embarks on a perilous journey into the heart of the central African jungle to satisfy his Hausa lover. Through a series of treacherous encounters, he emerges as a survivor and ultimately reaches, a magnificent hidden city representing the remnants of ancient Babylonian civilization.

Download or read book The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1836 written by Julia Pardoe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1837 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Pardoe (1804-62) was famous for her historical biographies (some of which are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), but this two-volume work, first published in 1837, arose from a visit to Turkey made by Pardoe and her father in 1836. It was very successful, with new editions appearing over the next twenty years, while Pardoe was considered to be second only to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu among female writers on Turkey. Attempting to give her readers 'a more just and complete insight into Turkish domestic life, than they have hitherto been enabled to obtain', in Volume 2 Pardoe travels in western Turkey, visiting Bursa, the former Ottoman capital, and encountering dervishes, hot springs and tortoises, before returning to Europe via the Black Sea and the Danube. Her lively and observant account of life in the declining but still powerful Ottoman empire remains of great interest.

Download or read book The Eye of Istar written by Le Queux William and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.