Suleyman the Magnificent: Lord of the Lords of this World, Possessor of Men's Necks, Allah's Deputy on Earth, absolute ruler of the mighty Ottoman Empire. At his pleasure, his vast harem, scented, pampered, hushed, waiting only to be summoned to his bed. And among them, Hurrem, daughter of a Tatar, sold into slavery, lovely, ruthless in her desire to captivate and use him.
So began a story of obsession and agony that was to cost him his closest friend, his sons, his sanity and finally his dynasty.
