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316
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~5h 16min
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English
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Categories
History
Women
Harems
West Indians
Fiction
Published 2003 Nan A. Talese 7 views
ISBN
0385490461, 9780385490467
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About Author

Janet Wallach

Janet Wallach (born May 4, 1942 Brooklyn) is an American writer. She is President Emerita of Seeds of Peace. Her book Desert Queen; The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell (1996) was named by The New York Times as a notable book of the year and translated into twelve languages. She is also the author of several books on fashion.

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I first met Nakshidil on the day she arrived at Topkapi, in the summer of 1788, nearly thirty years ago...

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Based on the true story of Empress Josephine's cousin, "Seraglio" is a novel of a girl, kidnapped at age 13, who rose through the ranks of the Turkish Sultan's harem to become the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire.

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