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Empress of the East
How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
2017
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Livre de Leslie Peirce · 19 septembre 2017
Genres : Biographie, Histoire, Version originaleIn Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave traders from her Ruthenian homeland and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Istanbul. Suleyman became besotted with her and foreswore all other concubines. Then, in an unprecedented step, he freed her and married her. The bold and canny Roxelana soon became a shrewd diplomat and philanthropist, who helped Suleyman keep pace with a... Voir plus
