Empress of the East: how a slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire

By:

Peirce, Leslie

Publication details: Icon, 2020. London:Description: viii, 375p.: ill.: pbk: 20cmISBN:

9781785785603

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

956.015092 PEI

Summary: Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia – modern-day Ukraine – around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men. Suleyman became besotted with Roxelana and foreswore all other concubines, freeing and marrying her. The bold and canny Roxelana became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, helping Suleyman keep pace with a changing world in which women – Isabella of Hungary, Catherine de Medici – were increasingly close to power. https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/empress-of-the-east-2/

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	956.015092 PEI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	16/12/2024	032706

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Abducted by slave traders from her home in Ruthenia – modern-day Ukraine – around 1515, Roxelana was brought to Istanbul and trained in the palace harem as a concubine for Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire and one of the world's most powerful men.

Suleyman became besotted with Roxelana and foreswore all other concubines, freeing and marrying her. The bold and canny Roxelana became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, helping Suleyman keep pace with a changing world in which women – Isabella of Hungary, Catherine de Medici – were increasingly close to power.

https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/empress-of-the-east-2/

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