Lead Review

  • Book: The Drowning Guard
  • Location: Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Author: Linda Lafferty

Review Author: tripfiction

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Content

Based on fact, this is an enthralling fictional exploration of the life of the Ottoman princess, Esma Sultan who was one of the most powerful women in her time. It also sets the book slap bang in the middle of the Ottoman Empire, where the opulence and squalor of Istanbul 1826 rises from the pages

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