Each morning in the hour before dawn, a silent boat launches on the Bosphorous, moving swiftly into the deepest part of the waters halfway between Europe and Asia, where a man will dieβ¦ _The Drowning Guard_ is the tale of the Ottoman princess, Esma Sultanβone of the most powerful women in Ottoman
The Drowning Guard: A Novel of the Ottoman Empire
β Scribed by Lafferty, Linda
- Book ID
- 107556971
- Publisher
- Amazon Publishing
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781477805299
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