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The Circassian Slave or the Sultan's Favorite: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus

The Circassian Slave or the Sultan's Favorite: A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus

Ballou, Maturin Murray

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RomanceLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161459553
ISBN13: 9781161459555
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.31 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Circassian Slave Or The Sultan's Favorite: A Story Of Constantinople And The Caucasus is a novel written by Maturin Murray Ballou. The book is set in the 19th century and tells the story of a young Circassian girl named Zuleika who is captured by slave traders and sold to the Ottoman Sultan's harem in Constantinople. Zuleika quickly becomes the Sultan's favorite concubine, but she longs for freedom and a return to her homeland in the Caucasus. She meets a young American traveler named Clarence Linden, who is visiting Constantinople, and the two become romantically involved. Clarence becomes determined to help Zuleika escape from the harem and return to her homeland. The novel is full of adventure, romance, and political intrigue. It explores themes of slavery, freedom, and the clash of cultures between the Ottoman Empire and the Western world. The Circassian Slave Or The Sultan's Favorite is a captivating tale that transports readers to a different time and place and offers a glimpse into the complex world of the Ottoman Empire.It was on a fair summer's afternoon, that the Sultan, strolling in the flower gardens of the palace, either by design or accident, came upon a spot where Komel was half reclining upon one of the soft lounges that were strewn here and there under tiny latticed pagodas, to shelter the occupant from the sun. While yet a considerable way off, the Turk paused to admire his slave as she reclined there in easy and unaffected gracefulness, apparently lost in a day dream. She was very beautiful there all by herself, save the half-witted boy, who seemed to be asleep now, away out on the projecting limb of a cypress tree that nearly overhung the spot, and where he had coiled himself up, and managed to sustain his position upon the limb by some unaccountable means of his own.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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