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The French Sultana (The Veil and the Crown, Book 2), The Veil and the Crown

The Sultan found her irresistible.
The Chief Eunuch wanted to use her to his own ends.
Jealous rivals plotted her demise.
Can an innocent former convent girl survive in such a strange and dangerous world?

In a tale deeply enmeshed in the histories of two of the world’s greatest empires, The French Sultana continues the true story of Aimée Dubucq de Rivery and her cousin Rose who were both destined to be queens…one beside the Emperor Napoleon and the other from behind the thrones of three consecutive sultans of the Ottoman Empire. The saga spans two continents from the decadent aristocratic courts of pre-revolutionary France, to the unimaginable opulence and deadly intrigues inside forbidden Turkish harem walls.

Publisher's Note: This is an extraordinarily well-researched novel that is true to the period. As such, there is explicit sexual and violent content that, while typical to the era, is most appropriate for adult readers.

The Veil and the Crown, in series order:
The Stolen Girl
The French Sultana

“I felt as if the book had been written originally in French during the 18th century…as if the author had remembered and translated it into English, keeping the exact tone of the original account, with detailed description of the places, manners, clothing, tastes and smells transporting me into the actual moment and location of each scene, making me feel like I was immersed in a film instead of a book.” Fredric Lehrman, author of The Sacred Landscape

Zia Wesley

Zia’s path to writing historical fiction began in 1971 when she read an obscure, out of print book published in the UK about four European women who lived extraordinary lives in the Middle East during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. One of those women was Aimée Dubucq de Rivery, an unknown cousin of the Empress Josephine. Zia became instantly fascinated by the young woman and began searching for more information. Very little existed. However, reading books about the Ottoman sultans and their Empire were equally fascinating and soon became staples in Zia’s literary repertoire.

The desire to tell Aimée’s story haunted Zia for twenty-five years, throughout her entire career in the natural cosmetics industry. During that time she authored nine books on natural health and beauty and a few years after she retired in 1998, she finally began to write what would becomeThe Veil and the Crown series: The Stolen Girl and The French Sultana.

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