Sofia

"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 Sultans 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). A Venetian noblewoman and an Italian sailor are captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery in the 16th century Ottoman Empire. *Sofia* begins a brilliant new historical series featuring the women of the Ottoman Empire. *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 world of intrigue and opulence Turks call *The Reign of the Favored Women*: An ambitious young noblewoman from Venice captured by corsairs and sold into the Sultan's harem vows her future will hold more than sexual slavery. And the young man who sets out to rescue her is asked a price higher than a man can be expected to pay. In the 16th Century, a 14-year-old Christian noblewoman from the City of Venice is captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery. With time she becomes a concubine in the sultan's harem and begins her rise to power. By the author of Tamar