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The Drowning Guard

A Novel of the Ottoman Empire

The Drowning Guard( )
Author: Lafferty, Linda
ISBN:978-1-4778-0529-9
Publication Date:Sep 2013
Publisher:Amazon Publishing
Imprint:Lake Union Publishing
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $14.95
Book Description:

Each morning in the hour before dawn, a silent boat launches on the Bosphorous, moving swiftly into the deepest part of the waters halfway between Europe and Asia, where a man will die...

In a gender reversal of Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights: Tales from a 1,001 Nights, Ottoman princess Esma Sultan seduces a different Christian lover each night, only to have him drowned in the morning. The Sultaness's true passion burns only for the Christian-born soldier charged...
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Book Details
Pages:414
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.3 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.8 Pounds



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