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Kiraze

By (author) Solmaz Kamuran
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Garnet Publishing, Reading, United Kingdom
Published: 10th Nov 2014
Dimensions: w 138mm h 204mm
ISBN-10: 1859643809
ISBN-13: 9781859643808
Barcode No: 9781859643808
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Even against the vivid backdrop of the sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire, Esther Handali (nicknamed 'Kiraze' ['Cherry']), stood out. Widow of an Istanbul rabbi and refugee from the Spanish Inquisition, she established herself during the reign of Suleymanthe Magnificent as an intermediary between thewomen of the sultan's seraglio and the world outside the harem to which they were confined. Her connectionto the Imperial Palace ended only under Suleyman's great-grandson.Such longevity owed much to Esther's charisma, intelligence and resourcefulness, as well as her ability to sidestep - and manipulate - the politics of the harem. Entrusted with the yearnings of the sultan's concubines, as well as with news of their illicit erotic liaisons, she became important in palace circles even as her personal life roiled with family separations, a tragic marriage and other dramatic turns.Yet even Esther could not stave off the inevitable, and soon she, too, succumbed to palace intrigues: a careless indiscretion led to her downfall, first under great strain and persecution and later at the hands of a mob, with unspeakably tragic results ...Best-selling Turkish author Solmaz Kamuran resurrects a woman whom history recognises as an actual figure, and renders both her life and the Ottoman Empire at its peak with precision and passion.

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"ESTHER KYRA is an enchanting story, beautifully researched, and told by a master storyteller of a world so much richer than any period movie can recreate for us. Kamuran's words transport us to a world long forgotten and take us on the odyssey of a complex woman with an extraordinary destiny." Alev Lytle Crouti, Author of Seven Houses and Harem:The World Behind the Veil