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The Drowning Guard: A Novel of the Ottoman Empire: novel

✍ Scribed by Lafferty, Linda

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 222 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 147780529X

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✦ Synopsis

The Drowning Guard explores the riddle of Esma -- who is at once a murderer and a champion and liberator of women -- and the man who loves her in spite of her horrifying crimes.

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