by Barbara Chase-Riboud · LGF · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253052302
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«La Grande Sultane» is the historical novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud, published by LGF in paperback (477 pages, in French).
The novel follows a young Creole woman taken to the Topkapi harem, who becomes the mother of Sultan Mahmud II. As Naksh-i-dil, she presides over that world of women for decades of wars against Catherine's Russia and Napoleonic France, amid strict norms, betrayals and power struggles.
Original title: «Valide: A Novel of the Harem». French edition published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in 1990.
Recommended to readers of historical fiction interested in the Ottoman Empire, the Topkapi harem and stories of women in power.
Barbara Chase-Riboud is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet.
