Empress of the east : how a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire /
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 girl, Roxelana, who was abducted by warriors at age twelve from...
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: |
Peirce, Leslie P.
(Author) |
Format: | Book
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Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
[2017]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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