'Jane Johnson writes the sort of books you want to tell everyone about.
Brimming with rich historical detail and peppered with real characters, from Charles I to Samuel Pepys, The Sultan's Wife is a story of enduring love and adventure. It also includes an account of the embassy sent from the Moroccan sultan to the court of King Charles II which is documented in John Evelyn's Diary. An unlikely alliance develops between Alys and Nus Nus, one that will help them to survive the horrifying ordeals of King Ismail's court. The Sultan's Wife (2012) is set in the 17th-century court of Sultan Moulay Ismail and tells the story of two slaves, an African chieftain's son Nus-Nus and an Anglo-Dutch woman Alys. Sold into Ismail's harem, she is forced to choose: renounce her faith or die. Meanwhile, young, fair Alys Swann is captured during her crossing to England, where she is due to be wed. Alys Swann is leaving her native Holland to accomplish the marriage her mother arranged for her in London. There he discovers the bloody corpse of the herb man, and becomes entangled in a plot to frame him for the murder. : The Sultans Wife (9780141040240) by Johnson, Jane and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. It has romance in it, but also heartbreak and personal tragedy. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave to the king, is sent to the apothecary. The Sultans Wife gets inside you, conjuring its magic long after you read the last line (Tahir Shah, author of The Caliphs House) Full of intrigue, deceit, skulduggery and murder. Morocco, 1677 The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. A sweeping historical adventure, set in 17th-century Morocco, from the bestselling author of Court of Lions.
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