The Mapmaker's Daughter (ePub)
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A novel of the Venetian girl who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire-perfect for fans of Netflix's Magnificent Century.
The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia Baffo Veniero was...
The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia Baffo Veniero was...
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A novel of the Venetian girl who became the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire-perfect for fans of Netflix's Magnificent Century.
The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia Baffo Veniero was kidnapped from her Venetian birthplace and chosen to be the wife of Selim II, successor to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She would be known as Nurbanu.
The Mapmaker's Daughter vividly imagines the confession of Nurbanu as she lies on her sickbed narrating the spectacular story of her rise to the pinnacle of imperial power, determined to understand how her extraordinary destiny was shaped. With unflinching candor, Nurbanu reviews the desires and motives that have both propelled and harmed her, as she considers her role as a devoted yet manipulative mother, helping to orchestrate her son's succession to the throne. Serving as the appointed enforcer of one of the empire's most crucial and shocking laws, Nurbanu confronts the consequences of her loves and her choices-right up to one last shattering revelation.
The Ottoman Empire was at the height of its power during the sixteenth century when Cecilia Baffo Veniero was kidnapped from her Venetian birthplace and chosen to be the wife of Selim II, successor to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She would be known as Nurbanu.
The Mapmaker's Daughter vividly imagines the confession of Nurbanu as she lies on her sickbed narrating the spectacular story of her rise to the pinnacle of imperial power, determined to understand how her extraordinary destiny was shaped. With unflinching candor, Nurbanu reviews the desires and motives that have both propelled and harmed her, as she considers her role as a devoted yet manipulative mother, helping to orchestrate her son's succession to the throne. Serving as the appointed enforcer of one of the empire's most crucial and shocking laws, Nurbanu confronts the consequences of her loves and her choices-right up to one last shattering revelation.
Autoren-Porträt von Katherine Nouri Hughes
Katherine Nouri Hughes is an Iraqi-Irish speechwriter and author. She has published two books on K-12 education, been a communications executive in the for- and nonprofit sectors, and served on the boards of the American University in Cairo, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Thirteen/WNET, a public television station. She attended Princeton University, where she received a master's degree in Near Eastern Studies. The Mapmaker's Daughter is her first novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Katherine Nouri Hughes
- 2017, 368 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Delphinium Books
- ISBN-10: 1504047044
- ISBN-13: 9781504047043
- Erscheinungsdatum: 25.07.2017
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Pressezitat
“Remarkable . . . Part history, part fiction, it is enthralling.” —Bernard Lewis, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University“Of all the appetites the lust for power is the strongest—and most dangerous. This is a lively, absorbing and utterly convincing self-portrait of a woman who came under the influence of the greatest of all Ottoman sultans—with tragic consequences.” —Edmund White
“Based on a historical event of rare improbability—the rise in the sixteenth century of a daughter of Venice to the rank of Queen Mother in the mighty Ottoman Empire—this novel is a gorgeous feat of imagination, a stellar work by a gifted writer.” —Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University, author of Ralph Ellison: A Biography
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