by Kenizé Mourad · Succes du Livre · tapa dura · ISBN 9782738202666
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«De la part de la princesse morte» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Succès du Livre in hardback (600 pages, in French).
The work reconstructs the life of the Ottoman princess Selma, granddaughter of Sultan Murad V and mother of the author, from her childhood in the harem of Istanbul to exile. Between biography and fiction, it portrays the search for identity and survival in a world marked by war.
This novel won the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 1988 and was a bestseller in France.
For readers of historical fiction and biographies with an Ottoman background.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
