A Gift for the Sultan

by Geoffrey Fox

Overview

The 1402 Ottoman siege of Constantinople stands as one of the great conflicts of history, a prelude to the Muslim conquest of that famous Christian city and Europe’s turn westward to the New World. It is this historic event and the cast of characters who changed the course of modern history that drive the action of A Gift for the Sultan. When the Christian leader secretly offers surrender, and throws in the key to the city and the 14-year-old Princess Theodota, the results can only be catastrophic. In this compelling and beautifully crafted novel, Geoffrey Fox pulls us into a conflict that took place more than 600 years ago...yet makes us feel as if we're in the middle of the action. Sieges by fierce armies, competing faiths and warriors, deception, love, and passion, everything delivered as high drama and a memorable read.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011291494
Publisher:	Geoffrey Fox
Publication date:	03/27/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	504 KB

About the Author

"He was like a man who had served a term in prison or had been to Harvard College or had lived for a long time with foreigners in South America." ― Carson McCullers on Jake Blount, in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. After graduating from Harvard, I worked in Venezuela and other Latin American countries, finally getting a Ph.D. in sociology (Northwestern U.) and teaching and writing on Latin American themes. I began writing fiction later, including a book of short stories, Welcome to My Contri (reviewed in New York Times, 1988) and many other stories in print and online journals. I have also written five nonfiction books on Latin America and many articles and reviews for print and online media, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation and others. A Gift for the Sultan, my first published novel (2010), has been translated into Turkish and published by Nokta Kitap, Istanbul (2012). I am currently (2014) working on a new novel about the Paris Commune of 1871. I live in southeastern Spain.