by Kenizé Mourad · Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253048299
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«De la part de la princesse morte» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (607 pages, in French).
Selma, an Ottoman princess born in Istanbul, sees the Empire fall and goes into exile with her family in Lebanon. Between poverty and an impossible love, she agrees to marry an Indian rajah; then she travels to Paris in search of true love. Her daughter, the author, narrates this life shaped by history.
Winner of the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 1988 and the first installment of the author's family saga, continued with «Le Jardin de Badalpour».
For readers of historical fiction and biographical fiction about the end of the Ottoman Empire and the contrasts between East and West.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
