{"product_id":"cup-book-melissa-addey-9781910940457","title":"The Cup","description":"You can download The Cup for free from my website, MelissaAddey.com. 11th century North Africa. Hela has powers too strong for a child - both to feel the pain of those around her and to heal them. But when she is given a mysterious cup by a slave woman, its powers overtake her life, forcing her into a vow she cannot hope to keep. Trapped by her vow, Hela loses one chance after another to love and be loved. Meanwhile, in her household a child is growing into a woman who will become famous throughout the Muslim world.\u003cbr\u003eIf you loved The Physician by Noah Gordon and enjoy books by Jane Johnson, Anita Diamant and Libbie Hawker, then the Moorish Empire series is for you. Based on the rise of the Almoravid dynasty, which conquered the whole of North Africa and most of Spain (defeating El Cid), the series explores why a Muslim warlord would give his empire to the son of a Christian slave girl. This is historical fiction at its most dramatic, emotional and intriguing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e The main beauty of this novella is Ms Addey's exquisite writing skill.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscovering Diamonds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Melissa Addey's writing is sublime.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eReads Writes Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive star reviews from Amazon readers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI absolutely enjoyed reading this beautifully written book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis story really captured me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis was my first time reading Melissa Addey and I can truly say that it will not be the last.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt sucked you in on the very first page. I thought it was very entertaining and different from anything I've ever read.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowerful, heartbreaking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWant to watch a book trailer for this title? \u003c\/b\u003eJust scroll down on the US site, visit my Amazon author page on the UK site or come to my own website which has all my book trailers. Happy viewing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout author Melissa Addey\u003c\/b\u003eYou can read about me and my books (and get a free novella) on my website, MelissaAddey.com. I mainly write historical fiction, focusing on the Forbidden City in China's 18th century (now complete) and Morocco in the 11th century (completing soon). Next up, Ancient Rome  I'm in the final year of my Creative Writing PhD and was the 2016 Leverhulme Trust Writer in Residence at the British Library. In 2019 I won the Page to Podcast competition as well as the Novel London award.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49575063027985,"sku":"GOR010943510","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49593090048273,"sku":"GOR010989336","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52843305042193,"sku":"GOR012548777","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910940453.jpg?v=1750900297","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/cup-book-melissa-addey-9781910940457","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}