The Purchased Bride by Peter Constantine Paperback Book 9781646052271… Ещё

Based on a true story set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire The Purchased Bride tells the tale of Maria a Greek girl who was bought at age fifteen by a much older wealthy Ottoman manamp160As the Ottoman Empire falls and insurgents torch their Greek village in the Caucasus Maria and her parents flee and find shelter in a refugee camp across the border in Ottoman territory Cholera and plague are impending and the priest running the camp takes a desperate measure arranging to marry Maria off to a wealthy Ottoman Turk in the capitalamp160She and her best friend Lita then travel toward the Black Sea coast through a fascinating world of ancient and forgotten Ottoman mountain communities They encounter escalating violence sniper attacks and marauding troops amid the Empires collapse as breakaway provinces declare themselves independent caliphates in defiance of the Sultan And when Lita escapes Maria is left to face her fate aloneamp160amp160A story of war struggle and ultimate success based on the life of Constantineamp8217s grandmother The Purchased Bride sheds light on a turbulent and dangerous part of history