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A beautiful repackaging of the Nobel Prize-winner's classic novel. An international bestseller for over a decade and one of the best-loved novels published by Faber.
Synopsis
In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition.