- Mass Market Paperback: 441 pages
- Publisher: Avon Books; Reissue edition (19 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380016990
- ISBN-13: 978-0380016990
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 141,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I love this book and have read it again and again, it is the story of a scottish noblewoman Janet Leslie, captured and sold into the Turkish Harem of Prince Selim. She became his bas-kadin (number one) and gave birth to his heir - Suleiman the Great. An incredible story of an incredible woman with an amazing insight into life in the harem, how she rose through the ranks and how Selim became Sultan, it also tells the story of the other 3 kadins and their love/support and friendship of each other. Then finally her subsequent return to Scotland - the land of her birth. an absolute must buy
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous and fascinating look at harem life.
15 May 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For those of you expecting a typical sizzling Bertrice Small romance, be prepared to get something different. I actually found myself checking the cover again and again to make sure this was the same Bertrice Small. There are virtually no [adult] scenes in this book, but the story is so compelling and wonderfully written that it doesn't need them. This is the amazing story of Janet aka Cyra Leslie, a young Scottish girl kidnapped and purchased for a Selim, future Turkish sultan. Even though this is not the life she would have chosen, she quickly adapts and is determined to make her life with Selim as pleasant as possible. She forms a lasting bond with her fellow wives and finds herself madly in love with Selim. This isn't a fairy tale romance. Cyra has to share Selim with other women, and their life is repeatedly marred by violence and tragedy. Her rise to power is fascinating, and all of the relationships in the book ring true. The book is well-grounded in historical research, and the book reads like a true story. Enjoy!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A Classic
7 Aug 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Janet Leslie is a young Scottish girl who travels with her brother and widowed father to a small Mediterranean duchy where her father will serve as ambassador to Scotland. One day she is betrayed and kidnapped only to be sold is the slave markets of the East. She arrives in Ottoman ruled Turkey and meets 2 other young woman who will be embroiled in a plot with her. Their role will be to become the favorites of the current sultan's beloved son Selim. Janet, now named Cyra, makes a vow with the 2 other women Firousi and Zulieka that they will remain true to each other and survive their ordeal. This book tells the unforgetable tale of a remarkable woman who must learn to live in a culture completely foreign to her own, a woman who falls in love with Selim and remains true to her friends, a woman who would be mother to one of Turkey's greatest sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The Kadin. Fantastic
7 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
Although, the idea of life in a harem really threw me off. I became glad that I find it hard to stop a book once I've started it. Despite, my initial reaction. This book had some incredibly touching moments. And yes. It did lose a bit of it's value When Cyra returned to her homeland but even then she did so with style. It showed the spirited woman she was and always would be.
This book showed that people can adapt to anything. And do it gracefully. True it would have been different if she had gone into her situation (living in a harem) purposely. But she didn't. What she did was take a situation that could have turned really bad really fast and made it more than tolerable. She made it a joy. Cyra has style. And Selim is depicted as a man more than a Sultan which is marvelous. I've read this book several times over and I'd reccommend it to anyone. Cyra personifies a woman in complete control of her life. Even when things seem to be crashing down around her. The only draw back is of course that her son didn't grow up to be the ma wwe'd hoped and that The so many of the sons of Selim died. Accurate of the way history was perhaps. But a let down that someone as resourceful as Cyra and the other wives couldn't find a better way.
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