Sirma A Novel |
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| Author:
| Stankova, Reni |
| ISBN: | 978-1-0957-9725-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2019 |
| Publisher: | Independently Published
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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"I loved everything about this book, whether it was based on a true story or not." - The Naked Reviewers "The world-building was quite interesting and it had me considering reading about the actual Haiduk movement in Eastern Europe." - Starred Pages "Historical fiction at its best!" - Goodreads reviewer 18th and 19th century Eastern Europe. Sirma's world is shattered to pieces when she bears witness to the abuse and...
More Description "I loved everything about this book, whether it was based on a true story or not." - The Naked Reviewers
"The world-building was quite interesting and it had me considering reading about the actual Haiduk movement in Eastern Europe." - Starred Pages
"Historical fiction at its best!" - Goodreads reviewer
18th and 19th century Eastern Europe.
Sirma's world is shattered to pieces when she bears witness to the abuse and murder of her two best friends by a gang of mountain outlaws. The village elders do nothing because they fear the wrath of Hamza Bei. Not long after, the same outlaws raid Sirma's village, and she is fed up with keeping quiet.
She disguises herself as a man and takes the lead of her own gang dedicated to protecting the mountain villages and searching for Hamza Bei to put a stop to his tyranny. Clashing with outlaws in life and death battles, surviving the mountain wilderness, and keeping her men from becoming the scoundrels they've sworn to fight are all challenges she must face. Not to mention, her comrades don't even know she is a woman.
This is a historical fiction novel about the life of Sirma Strezova Krasteva, also known as Sirma voivode, a real historical figure who lived in the most western parts of the then Ottoman Empire and took part in the Haiduk movement of Eastern and Central Europe.