Empress of the East
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By Leslie Peirce“At night the principal streets are gaily illuminated, and there is much music and feasting,” noted the banker's dispatch. “The houses are festooned with garlands and there are everywhere swings in which people swing by the hour with ...
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By Leslie PeirceIn Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by slave traders from her Ruthenian homeland and brought to the harem of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent in ...
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Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By Leslie PeirceThe extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only queen.
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Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By Leslie PeirceUntil now Roxelana has been seen by historians as a seductress who brought ruin to the empire, but in Empress of the East, acclaimed historian Leslie Peirce reveals with panache the compelling story of an elusive woman who transformed the ...
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By LESLIE. PEIRCEThe extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only queen.
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
By Leslie P. Peirce"The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from the role of concubine to become the only queen in Ottoman history In Empress of the East, historian Leslie Peirce tells the remarkable story of a Christian slave ...