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The Sultan Wife (2012)

by Jane Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Viking

review 1: Alys Swann is taken captive on her way to meet her future fiancé in England, and finds herself a slave to the sultan of Morocco. Nus-Nus, the sultan’s scribe, must convince Miss Swann to convert to Islam and become one of the sultan’s many wives, else he will be put to death along with her.It was a decent read. It lagged at times and was prone to some jumbly boring bits, but overall I guess it was okay. Wasn’t a big fan of the female characters who seemed to exist solely for stabbing one another in the back and fighting over who got to sleep with the sultan, but Nus-Nus had some cool moments.
review 2: Reading The Sultan's Wife I was mostly grateful it didn't give me a headache. I was afraid it might because it happened with a few books from KDS Collecti... moreon that I've read recently. Admittedly, at times I did wonder where the story was going and what the point was which is why my reading got dragged, but in the end I was satisfied. I liked the characters, especially Nus Nus - I mean Akuji. I would have liked more parts written in Alys's POV, but maybe it's for the best that there were only a few. She didn't have it easy in the harem. All in all, an interesting and enjoyable read, although I don't like the fact that rulers like the sultan Ismail were ever in power. Ugh, I shudder at the thought. less

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