Seraglio

By Janet Wallach

Subjects: History, West Indians, Fiction, Harems, Kidnapping victims, Fiction, historical, general, Large type books, Women, New York Times reviewed, Turkey, fiction

Description: Based on the true story of Empress Josephine's cousin, "Seraglio" is a novel of a girl, kidnapped at age 13, who rose through the ranks of the Turkish Sultan's harem to become the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire.