The Mapmaker’s Daughter

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By Katherine Nouri Hughes *84

Published Oct. 16, 2017

In this historical novel, Queen Mother Nurbanu, on her deathbed, tells the story of how she went from being an illegitimate Venetian to the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. The Mapmaker’s Daughter (Delphinium) is the tale of Nurbanu’s unflinching candor, right up until the last shattering revelation.

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