The Fourth Queen
Michael Joseph(April 2003)
www.penguin.co.uk
It is the year 1769 and beautiful young Helen Gloag sets sail from her native Scottish Lowlands to America. The ship is attacked by pirates, and the young girl is sold into the Emperor’s harem in Morocco. Falling in love with the Emperor himself, who has just released one of his four queens, she struggles to survive in the harem’s dangerous maze of power plays, political ambitions and love triangles. Richly evocative and beautifully told, THE FOURTH QUEEN tells an unforgettable story of exotic worlds, passion and tragedy.
'An exciting and original historical novel, a real page-turner.' - Barbara Trapido
'A sumptuous historical hybrid that gallops through romance, adventure and sheer horror... A lush, sinister book, which I enjoyed tremendously.' -- Independent
Foreign rights have been sold to the U.S., Greece, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Germany.
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