The Private World
of Ottoman Women

By Godfrey Goodwin
Published Saqi Books

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From the publisher:

Recovering the oft-neglected role of women in Ottoman high society and power politics, this book brings to life the women who made their mark in a male domain. Though historical records tend to favour the glitter of palaces over the trials of daily life, Goodwin also reconstructs ordinary women's domestic toil