The Sultan's Wife by Jane Johnson
A romantic historical adventure, set in the tyrannical court of King Ismail, the17th-century ruler of Morocco.
Jane Johnson writes the sort of books you want to tell everyone about – they hook you from the first page and sweep you along with passion, history and romanceI'm addicted -- Katie Fforde
Full of intrigue, deceit, skulduggery and murder. It has romance in it, but also heartbreak and personal tragedy. It's deeply evocative of North Africa – the sights, the smells, the culture, but there are also great depictions of London at the time, and the court of Charles II. I really enjoyed it -- Ben Kane
Deftly recreating the court intrigue of the tyrannical Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail – with all its trappings of superstition, black magic and torture – it sucks you down through interleaving layers steeped in blood, sweat and raw adrenalin, to a mesmerising bedrock of real history... The Sultan's Wife gets inside you, conjuring its magic long after you read the last line' -- Tahir Shah
Gripping and evocative. An utterly compelling story -- Stuart MacBride
An irresistible page turner – I loved it -- Barbara Erskine
Full of intrigue, deceit, skulduggery and murder. It has romance in it, but also heartbreak and personal tragedy. It's deeply evocative of North Africa – the sights, the smells, the culture, but there are also great depictions of London at the time, and the court of Charles II. I really enjoyed it -- Ben Kane
Deftly recreating the court intrigue of the tyrannical Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail – with all its trappings of superstition, black magic and torture – it sucks you down through interleaving layers steeped in blood, sweat and raw adrenalin, to a mesmerising bedrock of real history... The Sultan's Wife gets inside you, conjuring its magic long after you read the last line' -- Tahir Shah
Gripping and evocative. An utterly compelling story -- Stuart MacBride
An irresistible page turner – I loved it -- Barbara Erskine
Jane Johnson is a British novelist and publisher. Her novels include The Sea Gate, Court of Lions, The Tenth Gift and The Salt Road. She is the UK editor for George R.R. Martin, Robin Hobb and Dean Koontz and was for many years publisher of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Married to a Berber chef she met while researching The Tenth Gift, she lives in Cornwall and Morocco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781789545296 |
| ISBN 10 | 1789545293 |
| Title | The Sultan's Wife |
| Author | Jane Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2021-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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