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9781783084562 1783084561 The novel is set in 18th century Istanbul at Topkap Palace, at a time known as the Tulip Era for the popularity of the flower. The main characters are Sultan Ahmed III, his chief imperial painter Levni, and his ladies in the harem. Sultan Ahmed III is depicted as a fallible human being, with all his desires and simple joys. This portrait is reflected in his relationships with his chief painter Levni as they freely share their deepest secrets. Levni was collected as a child tribute, taken away from his Christian family, and raised in the imperial school. But is that his real identity? The mystery is eventually solved. In the meanwhile, the Sultan s intimate relationships in his harem and his love for a French girl are revealed as the reader is taken into the Sultan s mind and those of his women. Passions rise as Levni tries to choose between a male poet and a concubine. Rumours about an old Byzantine treasure on one of the Prince s Islands told in flashbacks provide a subplot intricately linked to the main story. As Topkap Palace stands in the background, home to extravagance and heinous plots, an apparently profligate Grand Vizier sets off the reforms intended to modernise an empire and a bloody revolt is beginning to foment. Based on historical fact and hitherto untold detail woven into an ingenious plot told with no trace of didacticism, this novel offers an ingenious twist on that history. It reads like a lavishly forged thriller, offers an alternative scenario for the fate of people standing on two sides of an infamous revolt and invites the reader back into its pages again.", The novel is set in 18th century Istanbul at Topkapi Palace, at a time known as the Tulip Era for the popularity of the flower. Sultan Ahmed III is depicted as a fallible human being, with all his desires and simple joys. This portrait is reflected in his relationships with his chief painter Levnî as they freely share their deepest secrets. Levnî was 'collected' as a child tribute, taken away from his Christian family, and raised in the imperial school. But is that his real identity? The mystery is eventually solved. In the meanwhile, the Sultan's intimate relationships in his harem and his love for a French girl are revealed as the reader is taken into the Sultan's mind and those of his women. Passions rise as Levnî tries to choose between a male poet and a concubine. Rumours about an old Byzantine treasure on one of the Prince's Islands told in flashbacks provide a subplot intricately linked to the main story. As Topkapi Palace stands in the background, home to extravagance and heinous plots, an apparently profligate Grand Vizier sets off the reforms intended to modernise an empire and a bloody revolt is beginning to foment. A splendid tableau of an exuberant era., The sumptuous Topkap Palace in eighteenth century Istanbul is a place of breathtaking splendour where human foibles, love, lust and above all greed reign supreme in the lives of a sultan, a painter, a grand vizier and some of the world s most beautiful women. NP] Imperial favour has raised a graceful blossom to the symbol of a time that history would later name the Tulip Era. Sultan Ahmed III reigns over a still vast empire as his close companion and Chief Imperial Painter Levni creates exquisite works of art. But real power lies with his trusted Grand Vizier brahim Pasha. In the background, the radiant denizens of the imperial harem fight for supremacy in their cloistered universe. NP] How will history record Sultan Ahmed III? Hedonist, aesthete or reformer? What will happen to his descendants? NP] Levni barely remembers his own Christian family before he was selected as a child tribute and raised into high office by the mighty Ottoman Empire. But who is he really? NP] Will the Grand Vizier s quest for ultimate power yield results? NP] How does an imperial wife justify her own wickedness? NP] And conversely, what makes another so loyal for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer? NP] For whose shadow will the tulip gardens long when their world comes crashing down? NP] 'Unto the Tulip Gardens: My Shadow' is a novel founded on historical fact woven by the silken yarn of imagination.", The sumptuous Topkapi Palace in eighteenth century Istanbul is a place of breathtaking splendour where human foibles, love, lust and above all greed reign supreme in the lives of a sultan, a painter, a grand vizier and some of the world's most beautiful women. Imperial favour has raised a graceful blossom to the symbol of a time that history would later name the Tulip Era. Sultan Ahmed III reigns over a still vast empire as his close companion and Chief Imperial Painter Levnî creates exquisite works of art. But real power lies with his trusted Grand Vizier ibrahim Pasha. In the background, the radiant denizens of the imperial harem fight for supremacy in their cloistered universe. How will history record Sultan Ahmed III? Hedonist, aesthete or reformer? What will happen to his descendants? 'Unto the Tulip Gardens: My Shadow' is a novel founded on historical fact woven by the silken yarn of imagination.
9781783084562 1783084561 The novel is set in 18th century Istanbul at Topkap Palace, at a time known as the Tulip Era for the popularity of the flower. The main characters are Sultan Ahmed III, his chief imperial painter Levni, and his ladies in the harem. Sultan Ahmed III is depicted as a fallible human being, with all his desires and simple joys. This portrait is reflected in his relationships with his chief painter Levni as they freely share their deepest secrets. Levni was collected as a child tribute, taken away from his Christian family, and raised in the imperial school. But is that his real identity? The mystery is eventually solved. In the meanwhile, the Sultan s intimate relationships in his harem and his love for a French girl are revealed as the reader is taken into the Sultan s mind and those of his women. Passions rise as Levni tries to choose between a male poet and a concubine. Rumours about an old Byzantine treasure on one of the Prince s Islands told in flashbacks provide a subplot intricately linked to the main story. As Topkap Palace stands in the background, home to extravagance and heinous plots, an apparently profligate Grand Vizier sets off the reforms intended to modernise an empire and a bloody revolt is beginning to foment. Based on historical fact and hitherto untold detail woven into an ingenious plot told with no trace of didacticism, this novel offers an ingenious twist on that history. It reads like a lavishly forged thriller, offers an alternative scenario for the fate of people standing on two sides of an infamous revolt and invites the reader back into its pages again.", The novel is set in 18th century Istanbul at Topkapi Palace, at a time known as the Tulip Era for the popularity of the flower. Sultan Ahmed III is depicted as a fallible human being, with all his desires and simple joys. This portrait is reflected in his relationships with his chief painter Levnî as they freely share their deepest secrets. Levnî was 'collected' as a child tribute, taken away from his Christian family, and raised in the imperial school. But is that his real identity? The mystery is eventually solved. In the meanwhile, the Sultan's intimate relationships in his harem and his love for a French girl are revealed as the reader is taken into the Sultan's mind and those of his women. Passions rise as Levnî tries to choose between a male poet and a concubine. Rumours about an old Byzantine treasure on one of the Prince's Islands told in flashbacks provide a subplot intricately linked to the main story. As Topkapi Palace stands in the background, home to extravagance and heinous plots, an apparently profligate Grand Vizier sets off the reforms intended to modernise an empire and a bloody revolt is beginning to foment. A splendid tableau of an exuberant era., The sumptuous Topkap Palace in eighteenth century Istanbul is a place of breathtaking splendour where human foibles, love, lust and above all greed reign supreme in the lives of a sultan, a painter, a grand vizier and some of the world s most beautiful women. NP] Imperial favour has raised a graceful blossom to the symbol of a time that history would later name the Tulip Era. Sultan Ahmed III reigns over a still vast empire as his close companion and Chief Imperial Painter Levni creates exquisite works of art. But real power lies with his trusted Grand Vizier brahim Pasha. In the background, the radiant denizens of the imperial harem fight for supremacy in their cloistered universe. NP] How will history record Sultan Ahmed III? Hedonist, aesthete or reformer? What will happen to his descendants? NP] Levni barely remembers his own Christian family before he was selected as a child tribute and raised into high office by the mighty Ottoman Empire. But who is he really? NP] Will the Grand Vizier s quest for ultimate power yield results? NP] How does an imperial wife justify her own wickedness? NP] And conversely, what makes another so loyal for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer? NP] For whose shadow will the tulip gardens long when their world comes crashing down? NP] 'Unto the Tulip Gardens: My Shadow' is a novel founded on historical fact woven by the silken yarn of imagination.", The sumptuous Topkapi Palace in eighteenth century Istanbul is a place of breathtaking splendour where human foibles, love, lust and above all greed reign supreme in the lives of a sultan, a painter, a grand vizier and some of the world's most beautiful women. Imperial favour has raised a graceful blossom to the symbol of a time that history would later name the Tulip Era. Sultan Ahmed III reigns over a still vast empire as his close companion and Chief Imperial Painter Levnî creates exquisite works of art. But real power lies with his trusted Grand Vizier ibrahim Pasha. In the background, the radiant denizens of the imperial harem fight for supremacy in their cloistered universe. How will history record Sultan Ahmed III? Hedonist, aesthete or reformer? What will happen to his descendants? 'Unto the Tulip Gardens: My Shadow' is a novel founded on historical fact woven by the silken yarn of imagination.