The Mapmaker's Daughter a novel
Published on 8. August 2017
225 pages
978-1-5040-4704-3 (ISBN)
Description
Narrating the spectacular story of her rise to the pinnacle of imperial power, Queen Mother Nurbanu, on her sickbed, is determined to understand how her bond with the greatest of all Ottoman sultans, Suleiman the Magnificent, shaped her destiny - not only as the wife of his successor but as the appointed enforcer of one of the Empire's most crucial and shocking laws. Nurbanu spares nothing as she dissects the desires and motives that have propelled and harmed her; as she considers her role as devoted and manipulative mother; as she reckons her relations with the women of the Harem; and as she details the fate of the most sophisticated observatory in the world. Nurbanu sets out to "see" the causes and effects of her loves and choices, and she succeeds by means of unflinching candor - right up to the last shattering revelation.
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Katherine Hughes
The Mapmaker's Daughter a novel
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09/2017
Delphinium Books, Inc
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KATHERINE NOURI HUGHES, Iraqi-Irish by birth, attended Princeton University where she received a Masters Degree in Near Eastern Studies and where she serves on that department's advisory council. After living in Cairo and traveling extensively in the region she returned to the U.S. and was a communications executive in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. She has edited two books on k-12 education, and serves on the boards of the American University in Cairo, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and WNET/13, the public television station. She lives in New York City and Princeton, New Jersey and has two daughters and two grandchildren. The Mapmaker's Daughter is her first novel.
Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Historical Context
- List of Characters
- Topkapi Palace
- Monday, November 7
- Tuesday, November 8
- Wednesday, November 9
- Thursday, November 10
- Friday, November 11
- Saturday, November 12
- Sunday, November 13
- Monday, November 14
- Tuesday, November 15
- Wednesday, November 16
- Thursday, November 17
- Friday, November 18
- Saturday, November 19
- Sunday, November 20
- Monday, November 21
- Tuesday, November 22
- Wednesday, November 23
- Thursday, November 24
- Friday, November 25
- Saturday, November 26
- Sunday, November 27
- Monday, November 28
- Tuesday, November 29
- Wednesday, November 30
- Thursday, December 1
- Friday, December 2
- Saturday, December 3
- Sunday, December 4
- Monday, December 5
- Tuesday, December 6
- Wednesday, December 7
- Historical Afterword
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
