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<div><div>A lush, ancient tale of treacherous secrets, forbidden love, and murder in an Ottoman palace.<br>Elizabeth Staveley sits in the Bodleian library, holding in her trembling hands a fragment of ancient paper. It is the key to a story that has been locked away for four centuries—the story of a British sea captain’s daughter held captive in the sultan’s harem.<br>Constantinople, 1599. There are rumors and strange stirrings in the sultan’s palace. The chief black eunuch has been poisoned by a taste of a beautiful ship made of spun sugar. The sultan’s mother faces threats to her power from her son’s favorite concubine, and a secret rebellion is rising within the palace’s most private quarters.<br>Meanwhile, the merchant Paul Pindar, secretary to the English ambassador, brings a precious gift to the sultan. As he nears the palace, word comes to Pindar that the woman he once loved, Celia, may be alive, and hidden among the ranks of slaves in the sultan’s harem. Can this really be the same Celia who disappeared in a shipwreck? And if it is, can the two be reunited?<br>Spellbinding and steeped in mystery and sexual intrigue, <i>The Aviary Gate</i> transports readers to exotic sixteenth-century Constantinople, offering the rarest glimpse into the forbidden confines of the sultan’s harem.</div></div>

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Well, the popularity of novels about harems can probably be attributed to the bits which describe the, well, performance ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:35:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:35:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:37:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:43:03 -0700 2009
Incredibly wimpish historian finds some artifact or other shoved down the back of a book somewhere (amazing that no one else had found it in 300 years as it didn't seem to be particularly well hidden but never mind). This artifact/letter whatever it is...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 07 14:23:55 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 14:29:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 06:08:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 06:12:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 23:35:25 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 09 22:53:54 -0800 2009 1 Haunting & refreshingly different, the story begins when a small scrap of old manuscript, dating to 1599, is accidentally discovered among the texts of Elizabeth’s studies. Elizabeth feels she must learn the fate of Celia, the betroth...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 15:03:28 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 15:04:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 27 13:09:55 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 26 19:48:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 08:32:55 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 11:55:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 19:17:32 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 19:24:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 09:53:54 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 22:35:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 16:28:20 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 20:28:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:40:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:45:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 18:07:28 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:49:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:10:35 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:13:01 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:03:12 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 08:11:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 08:41:31 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 08:43:23 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 15:03:58 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:05:07 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Feb 02 11:47:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 11:48:30 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2030980