Empress of the East

The extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only queen.

An incredible female figure who challenged the conventions of 16th-century society, and changed the nature of Ottoman government forever.''The fascinating story of one remarkable harem slave, who broke through [the] rocky ceiling, claiming unprecedented authority for women and forever changing the nature of the Ottoman government'' - i>The New York Times Book Review/i>

'The fascinating story of one remarkable harem slave, who broke through [the] rocky ceiling, claiming unprecedented authority for women and forever changing the nature of the Ottoman government ... This lively book resurrects Roxelana.'

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Leslie Peirce was until recently Silver Professor of History, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU. She has also taught at Cornell and UC Berkeley. She earned her BA and MA from Harvard and received a PhD in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. Peirce's work has won her two Fulbrights, two NEH fellowships, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, and other academic distinctions.