The Abode of Bliss
by D.C.Fernback
This book is 120,000 words long about 350 pages. The Abode of Bliss is a love story set in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century, the golden age of power, that takes the reader deep into the inner sanctum of the Sultan’s palace, into the world of the harem, the true locus of power of The Ottoman Empire. We learn of the fascinating politics of this dynasty and the means of recruitment to dynastic service, and slowly its weaknesses and strengths are exposed and the menace of the ruthless Janissaries and the executioner’s silken chord becomes clear.
