Sultana Kosem (in the harem) I & II(the black queen)

Sultana Kösem – In the Harem, is the first in a series of novels which inspired the hit TV series ‘The Magnificent Century.’
Follow the struggle for power and love intrigues at the Sultan’s court, and a ready-for-anything young Greek girl, an angel and demon all in one, who finds herself kidnapped and eventually sold into the Sultan’s harem when she was barely fifteen. From then on, she was supposed to be one of the Sultan’s harem slaves.

However, fate decides differently. Ahmed I’s grandmother notices her unusual beauty, charm, and intelligence and the Sultana takes the young country girl under her wing, to prepare her for the part she once played.

Ultimately, the subjects will call her The Black Queen, but for Sultan Ahmed I, she was his Mahpeyker – ‘Dearest Moon.’ But deep within, she remains Anastasia, a simple girl from one of the Greek Isles.

Anastasia becomes the most powerful woman in the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan’s wife. As Sultana Mahpeyker Kösem, she challenges palace intrigues, has to be always vigilant of her enemies, as well as be wary of death and treason hiding behind every corner.

Kosem II

The Black Queen

Part 2 of a series, which inspired the hit TV series ‘Magnificent Century: Sultana Kosem.’

The prophecy Anastasia heard years ago from a blind beggar, was just fulfilled, and a common harem paramour has finally become the powerful Sultan Ahmed I’s second wife. However, the young queen’s happiness doesn’t last long as she battles for supremacy against the Sultan’s first wife and son. She only seems to be able to give the Sultan many daughters, while he waits for a son from her, another heir to the throne.

Set against the background of the Ottoman Empire as it is waning down, in the face of numerous Janissary uprisings that shake the country and overthrow the Sultans, the Court is full of enemies who conspire against each other and against her.

What seemed at first, like a dream come true, becomes a curse.

Mahpeyker Kosem pits her wits against a powerful patriarchy structure and suspects that she’ll have to pay a high price for the power she desired so much.