by Kenizé Mourad · Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476693636
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«De parte de la princesa muerta» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Tusquets in paperback (582 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the court of the last Ottoman sultan, the novel follows Princess Selma from her childhood in Istanbul to her family's exile. Her journey through Lebanon, India and Paris portrays the end of a world, with the grandeur of the court and the misery of banishment, and the life of a woman seeking love and freedom between opposing cultures.
Originally published in French as «De la part de la princesse morte», with a Spanish translation by Mauricio Wacquez. Winner of the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 1988.
For those seeking historical fiction set in the decline of the Ottoman Empire and in the India of the rajas.
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.
