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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This was very different from the first book but its been so long since I read that one, I wasn't bothered. The plot is a bit thin, much of the tale is taken up with the historical details of the court and military campaign of Sulieman the Magnificent which I knew little about. As a consequence, I really enjoyed the book. This is historical fiction for people more interested in history than fiction. ( ) Fantastic story. I hadn't read Book One prior to Book Two but it made no difference. This is a stand-alone book filled with an immensely enjoyable tale of several characters that are weaved together very cohesively. Wonderfully written; easy to fall into and get swept away with the time period and plots. Fantastic story. I hadn't read Book One prior to Book Two but it made no difference. This is a stand-alone book filled with an immensely enjoyable tale of several characters that are weaved together very cohesively. Wonderfully written; easy to fall into and get swept away with the time period and plots. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Set in sixteenth-century Istanbul during the illustrious Ottoman Empire, The Legacy of Grazia dei Rossi chronicles the fate of Grazia's son, Danilo, and his forbidden love affair with Princess Saida, the Sultan's beloved daughter. Judah del Medigo, Jewish physician to the Sultan at the Ottoman court and husband of Grazia dei Rossi, has been misinformed that his son, Danilo, perished at sea on the way to Istanbul. When the two are eventually reunited, Judah's first thought is to resign from the Sultan's service to devote himself to his son's recovery. But the Great Suleiman is not about to give up his valued Chief Body Physician. A ruler accustomed to getting his way, the Sultan proposes a bargain: he offers the boy a place in the harem school for royal children, plus the services of his own mother as guardian while the doctor is absent during campaign season in Baghdad. It is an opportunity that Judah cannot deny his son. Danilo is assigned as his tutor the princess Saida, the Sultan's beloved daughter. At first the two resent each other deeply. But as Danilo and Saida approach adulthood they fall in love and begin a forbidden romance. Fate has decreed that Saida will marry a husband of the Sultan's choosing, and Danilo will return to Italy to study medicine just as his father did. For a princess preparing for marriage, a dalliance with an unrelated male would cast a stain on the Sultan's honour that could only be avenged by death . . . A tantalizing look at life in the Ottoman court, The Legacy of Grazia dei Rossi is a sweeping historical romance and the long-awaited follow-up to the international sensation The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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