- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Authors Choice Press (21 Dec 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595302785
- ISBN-13: 978-0595302789
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,276,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sofia caused a sensation in Turkey where it spent over six months on the bestsellers list. Real historical figures come to life in the exotic sixteenth-century Ottoman world of intrigue and opulence Turks call The Reign of the Favored Women: An ambitious young noblewoman from Venice captured by corsairs and sold into the Sultan's harem vows her future will hold more than sexual slavery. And the young man who sets out to rescue her is asked a price higher than a man can be expected to pay.
About the Author
Ann Chamberlin is the international best selling author of nine historical novels. She also writes plays, including Jihad, named best new off-off Broadway play in 1996. She lives with her family in an old farmhouse near Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Format:Paperback
The story was too slow and the characters were very frustrating and shallow. There were some good aspects of the book. It was interesting for me to see the inside of the harem and that way of life but I am not confident on the historical accuracy of the description. I don't recommend this book except as very light reading during a vacation, perhaps.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Absolutely fantastic!
19 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
It is amazing to see how a writer from so far away and a totally different culture was able to grasp the beauty and richness of genuine Turkish palace culture. As a ganddaugher of a palace lady, I am proud to recommend this fantastic historical novel to the rest of the world.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Light Read
23 July 2001
Format:Paperback
This book is not for those who want to know about the History of the Ottomans during the 16th century. It does not really give insight to the "Harem World" and sadly disappointing in terms of the historical accuracy. But a fun book for those on holiday. The ending left me with a feeling of not wanting to buy the second book. ("sultan's daughter")
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Truth
10 April 2001
Format:Paperback
I am a Turkish man living in Ankarai Turkiye. Sofia (Safiye) is a fascinating novel about our darkside history. Everybody in Turkiye knows that Harem had a fatal effect on Ottoman Empire and also everyone in Turkiye knows the beginning of the collapse of Ottoman Empire was the rise of Harem. When the Turkish Sultans had been married with one Turkish Girl the empire was rising, after the tradition had changed and Harem had been involved in Turkish life style (15th century) the collapse had begun. Those are the historical realities but to form a realistic also fictional novel by the inspiration of those realities really needs talent. This book and the other books of the serial really deserves the best comments. The best thing to be told about those 3 books is that: they are the integration of knowledge, talent, sense of history and imaginative power.
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