The Sultan's Woman A Novella |
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| Author:
| Suppes, Melody M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4931-4891-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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In Victorian England, on the last day of his long life, Richard Sutcliffe tells of his passionate affair with "The Sultan's Woman". When he traveled to a provincial village as a young painter on his first commission, he is fascinated by a beautiful woman who gallops a giant black horse in and out of the sea. Why do villagers call her "The Sultan's Woman" as if it were a curse? Curiosity, pity become a secret love affair that results in murder and obsession. "We had no peace. Only the...
More DescriptionIn Victorian England, on the last day of his long life, Richard Sutcliffe tells of his passionate affair with "The Sultan's Woman". When he traveled to a provincial village as a young painter on his first commission, he is fascinated by a beautiful woman who gallops a giant black horse in and out of the sea. Why do villagers call her "The Sultan's Woman" as if it were a curse? Curiosity, pity become a secret love affair that results in murder and obsession. "We had no peace. Only the brutal desire for more and more and more. And again, more "