The Kadin
Abducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that...
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Abducted from a life of privilege, she was sold into slavery in a distant land. For Lady Janet Leslie there would be no escaping the harem of the wealthy and powerful Sultan Selim. But from the moment the handsome ruler spied his breathtaking "Cyra," was captivated -- by the fiery desire that coursed through his veins. She belonged to him, body and soul -yet it was he who was enslaved.Praised for her keen sense of history and remarkable storytelling powers, the bestselling author of The Spitfire displays the passionate magic that has made her a national favorite -sweeping the reader into the romantic past, from the magnificence of Renaissance Europe to the perfumed splendor of a Sultan's court.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380016990 (0380016990)
ASIN: 0380016990
Publish date: 1978-02-01
Publisher: Avon
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Leave it to ole Bertrice to shake things up, delivering a most chaste harem saga. I mean, wow, she kind of makes it seem like the most sensible thing ever. The endless descriptions of both dress, hierarchy, and the chessboard game of thrones was a bit dulling, and that's after you swallowed the pl...
I enjoyed the first part of the book, but the rest of it was Doom, destruction, death, doom, destruction, death etc. etc. It ended up being like a train wreck, I didn't want to read it anymore but I couldn't stop!
Bertrice Small's best and one of her earliest novels. Four girls taken as slaves in the Ottoman Empire decide that it's better to work together than against each other and form a bond of friendship to protect each other. Fairly good as the Old Skool Bodice Rippers go.
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