The Aviary Gate

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Number of Pages: 448

_______________ ‘A hugely enjoyable novel … fast moving, complex and deeply satisfying’ – Joanne Harris ‘Lie back on your ottoman and relax. Katie Hickman will take you to a magical land … this is a box of Turkish delight’ – Independent ‘Forbidden love, sailors and secrets – fasten your seat belts for Hickman’s period tome … Think Jane Austen meets Pirates of the Caribbean’ – In Style _______________ A stunning tale of intrigue in the Sultan’s harem from the bestselling author of Daughters of Britannia Elizabeth Stavely sits in the Bodleian Library, her hands trembling as she holds a fragment of parchment, the key to a story untold for four hundred years … Constantinople 1599: the English merchant Paul Pindar must deliver an extraordinary gift to the Sultan. Grieving for his lost love, drowned in a shipwreck, he hears rumours of a new golden-haired slave in the Sultan’s harem. Could this be his Celia?