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The Sultan's Wife (2012)

by Jane Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0385669992 (ISBN13: 9780385669993)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Doubleday Canada

review 1: I searched high and low to find this her third book set in Morocco. There were some brilliant moments, and some that really pulled me into the time and the desert. Maybe it is was just me, but still think her best was the Tenth Gift. Maybe this one even though I found it good, was a little bit slow in places and too much going on with the main character. It got to a point when I felt as though everything that could have gone wrong to her, had come to pass, but then the mysterious web opened up again and pulled me further into the desert and the back streets of the cities, and I found some soothing gems in the pages.
review 2: A fascinating glimpse into a different culture and era, managing to be (mostly) respectful of both faiths. Based solidly on historica... morel facts, the fictional account of one concubine and one slave in the sultan's court is a love story full of twists. It manages to touch on several existential questions, while never feeling 'heavy'. I had to cheat and skip to the end though, which I hate doing, because the story became too intense for my poor heart at one point. less

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