Empress of the east : how a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire / Leslie Peirce.
Empress of the east : how a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire / Leslie Peirce.
Empress of the east : how a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire / Leslie Peirce.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
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G 2018/0009
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Language
English
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Physical content
359 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Beginnings. The Russian concubine ; Abduction ; In the old palace ; The politics of motherhood ; Lovers and parents -- Challenges. Roxelana's rival ; Coming of age ; A queen for the new palace ; The two favorites ; Building a reputation -- Politics. Family matters ; Home and abroad ; Recovery ; Show...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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"FROM CHRISTIAN MAIDEN TO MUSLIM QUEEN: Roxelana was born in Ruthenia, possibly the daughter of a priest but more likely into an average family, facing a hardscrabble life. She was captured by slavers around age 12 and taken to the Ottoman court. Her trajectory was extraordinary--she became a favored concubine and then the first, and only, Ottoman...
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Empress of the east : how a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire / Leslie Peirce.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-345) and index.
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Online version: Peirce, Leslie P. Empress of the east. New York : Basic Books, 2017 9780465093090 (DLC) 2017006112
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G 2018/0009
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74VKVGA0eWpZ
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ISBN
9780465032518 (hardback)
0465032516 (hardback)
DDC
956.015092 B
MMS ID
991024154705802626
