English Slave

at a Danube border town. Grand Vizier Hasan the Fruiterer, commands all Ottoman forces in Europe, purchases the recovering captain and sends him in chains to Aisha, the Sister of the Sultan and his bride-to-be. Aisha lives at her palace in Stamboul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Her brother is Sultan Mehmet III, the monarch of the most powerful empire in the world, but it is her mother Safiye Valide Sultana who runs the empire through two eunuchs. Chief White Eu**ch Gazanfer Agha is her son's closest advisor, while Chief Black Eu**ch Osman Kislar Agha runs the Imperial Harem. Grand Vizier Hasan the Fruiterer writes and tells his betrothed that he beat Smith on the battlefield. Her new slave is rich from the Kingdom of Bohemia, but Aisha can keep the whole ransom for herself. Like her mother Safiye Valide Sultana, Aisha speaks Italian. When the Sister of the Sultan brings her slave into her court, she quickly discovers her new slave speaks Italian, too. She also learns that Capitano John Smith is no ordinary slave. When she recounts how her betrothed beat him on the battlefield and that she must find his family in Bohemia in order to collect her handsome ransom, Captain John Smith vehemently protests, for the recovering capitano is no ordinary captain. Smith tells Aisha that no one has ever defeated him in single combat and that he is not Bohemian, but English. And his rich attire? The English Captain earned everything through his own talents and abilities. Upset at his bold claims, Aisha sends him back to his quarters. The beautiful noblewoman faces a dilemma: if the Capitano’s words are true, then her fiancé lied to her. What will Aisha do? The Sister of the Sultan decides she must discover the truth about Captain John Smith and the man she is destined to marry. Each week, while her mother goes to the baths or visits the grave of her father, Aisha brings her English, Dutch, French and Italian translator friends into her home. Each week her English slave tells more of his story of adventure. The English Slave is an epic story of love and war, rebellion and power, religion and beauty. To view a sample chapter click on:
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