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Empress of the East
How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
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Artikel-Nr:
9780465032518
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.09.2017
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Leslie Peirce
Gewicht:
583 g
Format:
241x156x35 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Leslie Peirce is Silver Professor of History, Middle Eastern, and Islamic Studies at New York University. The award-winning author of two previous books, Peirce lives in New York City.
"Peirce tells the ... story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by warriors at age twelve from her Ruthenian homeland, and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in Constantinople. Suleiman became besotted with her, and forsook all other mistresses. Then, in an unprecedented step, he made her the first and only queen in the Ottoman court. Although shrouded in scandal, the canny and sophisticated Roxelana became a shrewd diplomat and administrator, who helped Suleyman keep pace with a changing world in which women--from Queen Elizabeth to Catherine de Medici--increasingly held the reins of power"