Sofia

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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 Empire filled with the intrigue and opulence of theTurkish sultan's harem. A novel rich in passion, history, humor and human experience, “Sofia” will transport the reader to another time and place. Sofia, the daughter of a Venetian nobleman, is only a young woman in 1562, when she is kidnapped by corsairs and sold into captivity in the great Ottoman Empire. As manipulative as she is ambitious, Sofia vows that her future will hold more than sexual slavery in the great harem of the Sultan. Esmikhan is the Sultan’s tenderhearted daughter, raised in the harem and content with her role as a privileged but powerless princess. Giorgio Veniero is the Italian sailor who is kidnapped with Sofia and who comes to live in the harem with Esmikhan and to love her - but at a price higher than a man can be expected to pay. "Sofia" is Book 1 of the Ottoman Empire Trilogy, which includes "The Sultan's Daughter" (Book 2), and "The Reign of the Favored Women" (Book 3).