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The Sultan's Eyes Author: Kelly Gardiner

ISBN: 9780732294809 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 352 Published: 1 September 2013 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 21.1 x 13.9 x 2.6 Description: It's 1648, and Isabella has made a home for herself in Venice, safe from the clutches of the Inquisition. She, her friend Willem, and their mentor, the irascible Signora Contarini, work together as printers and publishers. Their publishing house is famous throughout Europe for one title: The Sum of All Knowledge, a revolutionary book of history and philosophy that has brought them - yet again - to the attention of the authorities.

Then Isabella's nemesis, Fra Clement, is appointed Inquisitor in Venice, and vows to stamp out heretical printing. Isabella knows she will no longer be safe in the city, and, guided by their learned cartographer Al-Qasim, the three friends make their escape to the one place they feel sure Fra Clement will never follow: the fabled city of Constantinople, now ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

They are greeted as esteemed guests, in a city where beautiful books are still written and illustrated by hand, and mechanised printing is frowned upon.

Isabella and Signora Contarini are welcomed into the royal household, ruled by the all-powerful Queen Mother, K ösem, in the name of her gran...

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