The Sultan's Wife Tapa blanda - 2012

"Jane Johnson's bewitching new novel The Sultan's Wife is far more than a rip-roaring read: it's a true work of art. Deftly recreating the court intrigue of the tyrannical Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail -- with all its trappings of superstition, black magic and torture -- it sucks you down through interleaving layers steeped in blood, sweat and raw adrenalin, to a mesmerising bedrock of real history. This is a book that ought to be read by everyone in both East and West, the kind of tale that brings the past alive with vibrant clarity. The Sultan's Wife gets inside you, conjuring its magic long after you read the last line."
—Tahir Shah, author of The Caliph's House and In Arabian Nights

“Full of intrigue, deceit, skulduggery and murder. It has romance in it, but also heartbreak and personal tragedy. It's deeply evocative of North Africa--the sights, the smells, the culture, but there are also great depictions of London at the time, and the court of Charles II. I really enjoyed it."
—Ben Kane, author of GLADIATOR and THE FORGOTTEN LEGION

JANE JOHNSON is a writer--for adults and for children--and a publisher. She is Fiction Publishing Director for HarperCollins Publishers UK, where she is responsible for the Voyager science fiction and fantasy list, as well as publishing thrillers and some historical fiction.