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The Drowning Guard

A Novel of the Ottoman Empire

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The Drowning Guard

By: Linda Lafferty
Narrated by: Suzanne Cypress
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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 die....

In a gender reversal of Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights: Tales from a 1,001 Nights, Ottoman princess Esma Sultan seduces a different Christian lover each night, only to have him drowned in the morning. The Sultaness's true passion burns only for the Christian-born soldier charged with carrying out her brutal nightly death sentence: her drowning guard, Ivan Postivich.

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. This textured historical novel, set in the opulence and squalor of Istanbul in 1826, is woven with the complexity and consequences of love.

©2013 Linda Lafferty (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Historical Fiction Ottoman Empire Literary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Crime Imperialism Middle Ages
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Easy on the senses. Feel good novel. Great narrator. Hard to find negatives for an exotic love story from another time & place.

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I read this book when it first came out but have now decided to review all of my books on Audible.
This book was magnificent!!
I absolutely LOVE this author and have read and / or listened to every single book she has published!
While this is my second favorite of hers, The Bloodletter's Daughter will always be my favorite. I have listened to that one more times than i'd care to admit!
I highly recommend this book and all others by this author. You won't be sorry!!

Wonderful book!!!

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I felt I was right there with the characters. it makes me want to check into more of the works by this author.

loved it!

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The authoress has woven an intricate and lush tapestry of fully fledged competing characters that maintains the reader/listener’s attention from the first line to the last.

The audiobook is so well performed that I can’t imagine “merely” reading it. Likewise I can’t imagine anyone performing it better. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who enjoys historic fiction or simply a ripping good yarn.

Historic Storytelling At Its Best!

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narrator was easy to hear and listen to. entertaining story. love and violence what more could you ask for.
#exciting, #romance, #violence, #tagsgiving, #sweepstakes

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