The Secrets Of The Harem

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of the Harem written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secrets of the Harem is an anonymous insider view on historical Turkish harems. Excerpt: "Many people have an idea that Turkish women absolutely do nothing that is either useful or ornamental aside from the decoration of their own persons, but that is not altogether true, as my residence of over a year in their country taught me, for they are really dextrous with the needle and do work which is as fine as that done by the sisters in the convents, or that of the wives of the feudal noblemen of olden times. The favorite pastime of the Turkish women is the bath, which brings together the wives and slaves of all the well-to-do Turks, and it is like a picnic of school children. These wives, most of them very young—some, indeed, not over twelve or fourteen years old—take their lunch along, and they eat and steam, plunge and splash, and play pranks upon each other in the wildest glee the whole day long. No fear of an angry husband haunts their minds, for they are not expected to do anything, and their husbands very rarely enter the harems before six o'clock. By this time they are all back, rosy and sweet from their bath."

Author : Carla Coco
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780856674921
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Harem written by Carla Coco and published by Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carla Coco
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780865659964
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Harem written by Carla Coco and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This all-color book describes the Turkish harem in a comprehensive manner, bringing it to life with sensual, evocative illustrations and well-documented text." "The author describes the reigns and idiosyncracies of the Sultans and their favorites and brilliantly traces the decline of a once mighty empire grown soft from the corruption of absolute power, the influence of Europe, and above all, the usurpation of control by the very women who were supposed to live in complete subjugation to their lords and masters." "Illustrated by documents of the period, old and new photographs, and masterpieces by Renoir, Delacroix, Matisse, and Ingres among others, this revelation of a lost way of life will enchant anybody whose imagination has been inflamed by tales of a thousand and one nights."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Alum Bati
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1425157505
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harem Secrets written by Alum Bati and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1530, Istanbul. In the centre of empire lurks sexual depravity, murder, intrigue, lies, spies, and deceit. Adam Pasha, the Chief Justice, investigates a death in the Imperial Harem.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of the Harem written by and published by . This book was released on 189? with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Raphael Amadore
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781511855358
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harem Secrets written by Raphael Amadore and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suleyman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, has a harem of three hundred beautiful concubines. His soul and eyes desire only one; the one who makes him a poet. Only one makes him long for her every touch. What is her aphrodisiac? Roxelana, known as Hurrem-The Cheerful One in the harem has a brilliant mind within her irresistible body. She holds a 75 year old secret that could sow seeds of destruction in the Ottoman Sultanate; a secret granted her by none other than the Sultan's own mother. What is this secret curse? What power does Roxelana wield over Suleyman that he would break tradition and make her queen? Is it simply love or something more that tempts the Sultan? Why does she learn the ancient art of Kama Sutra from an Indian princess in the harem and then send Suleyman to war? And why would the Sultan's mother entrust the great secret to a mere harem girl? Rich with eroticism of the harem and the twisting, intrigues of the empire ruled from Topkapi palace, Harem Secrets creates embroidery of compelling plots since the fall of Constantinople. At the height of power, two figures change world history in Europe and Asia; history that was later influenced through a legendary harem dancer, Anarkali of Ottoman origins. Her mystery continues into the Palaces of Mogul emperors.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974609406
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of the Harem written by Anonymous and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secrets of the Harem was originally published anonymously in 1894. It describes the intricacies in Turkish Harems, discussing the roles of the women, the benefits, and the traditions. It is a relatively short book that fell out of popularity for a number of decades, but has since regained popularity recently. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Author : Leigh Nichols
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781424187317
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Harem's Secret written by Leigh Nichols and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torn between two women, two worldsa] Jordan knows his duty. He knows also that he has responsibilities to his father and to his country. He is the heir; it is time for him to go home and marry the woman that has been his betrothed since birth. She is waiting. His family is waiting. But as he sets out for home, he meets the woman of his dreams. He cannot keep from wanting the bright-haired vixen who has literally fallen into his lap. Every day that he spends in her company, he wants her moreaand not just for a night but for forever. How can he let her go? How can he not?

Author : Anna Harriette Leonowens
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Romance of the Harem written by Anna Harriette Leonowens and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Romance of the Harem is a biographical novel by Anna Harriette Leonowens. The author had a chance to experience the inside life of royalty in the court of Siam, together with its servants, bodyguards and sex slaves.

Author : Chavdar Mihov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992552916
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Power of the Harem written by Chavdar Mihov and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the middle of the 17th century, the Ottoman Empire is still at the apex of its power. Mehmed IV's ascent to the throne at the age of six, however, greatly intensifies the struggles for power and control in the Sultan's court. In a world dominated by men, two intelligent, beautiful and ambitious women wage an open war. The young Sultan's grandmother and his mother fight over the regency: a severe battle in which all means are allowed to make sure only one of them would come out victorious. Who will overcome her adversary? Will it be the experienced Kosem Mahpeyker, who has pulled the strings of power covertly during the reign of five sultans? Or the tenacious Turhan Hatice, who became Queen Mother at only twenty years of age? All of this takes place against the background of a panoramic view of the Ottoman Empire and one of its most secretive parts: the Sultan's harem, an enigmatic place in the heart of the palace that houses hundreds of beautiful girls, where fiery passions and monstrous manipulations and intrigues determine the future. The harem is a veritable oasis of love but also of debauchery, of friendships but also of betrayals, of rises to but also of falls from power. You are atop the hierarchy today only to be eaten by the fish in the Golden Horn tomorrow. This is an intense story that reveals how the seemingly boring events from the historical chronicles may prove far more intriguing than we first assumed.