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In the palace of flowers / Victoria Princewill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Abuja ; London : Cassava Republic Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 313 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781911115755
  • 1911115758
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Sex and friendship, ambition and political intrigue, secrets and betrayal will set the fate of two slaves -- Jamila and Abimelech -- in this [...] debut novel. Inspired by the only existing first-person narrative of an Abyssianian slave in Iran, Jamila Habashi, In the Palace of Flowers recreates the opulet Persian royal court of the Qajars at the end of the nineteenth century. This is a precarious time of growing public dissent, foreign interference from the Russians and British, and the problem of an aging ruler and his unsuitable heir. Torn away from their families, Jamila, a concubine, and Abimelech, a eunuch, now serve at the whims of the royal family, only too aware of their own insignificance in the eyes of their masters. Abimelech and Jamila's quest to take control over their lives and find meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous politics of the royal court, and to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. [...A]t its heart, In The Palace of Flowers is a novel about the fear of being forgotten." -- Back cover.Summary: "Set in the opulent Persian royal court of the Qajars at the end of the 19th century, In The Palace of Flowers is an atmospheric historical novel following the lives of two Abyssinian slaves, Jamila, a concubine, and Abimelech, a eunuch. Torn away from their families, they now serve at the whims of the royal family, only too aware of their own insignificance in the eyes of their masters. Abimelech and Jamila's quest to take control over their lives and find meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous, and deadly politics of the royal court, both in the government and the harem and to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. But have these two slaves found themselves in over their heads? Love, friendship and political intrigue will set the fate of these two slaves." -- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction PRINCEWI VICTORIA Available 33111010523062
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Set in Iran at the end of the 19th Century --in the Persian royal court of the Qajars--, In The Palace of Flowers is an atmospheric historical novel about Jamila, an Abyssinian slave who stands at the funeral of a Persian nobleman, watching the rites with empty eyes. In that very moment, she realises that her life will never be acknowledged or mourned with the same significance. The fear of being forgotten, of being irrelevant, sets her and Abimelech, a fellow Abyssinian slave and a eunuch, on a path to find meaning, navigating the dangerous and deadly politics of the royal court, both in the government and the harem, before leading her to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. Love, friendship and the bitter politics within the harem, the court and the Shah's sons and advisors will set the fate of these two slaves. Highly accomplished, richly textured and elegantly written, In The Palace of Flowers is a magnificent novel about the fear of being forgotten.

"Sex and friendship, ambition and political intrigue, secrets and betrayal will set the fate of two slaves -- Jamila and Abimelech -- in this [...] debut novel. Inspired by the only existing first-person narrative of an Abyssianian slave in Iran, Jamila Habashi, In the Palace of Flowers recreates the opulet Persian royal court of the Qajars at the end of the nineteenth century. This is a precarious time of growing public dissent, foreign interference from the Russians and British, and the problem of an aging ruler and his unsuitable heir. Torn away from their families, Jamila, a concubine, and Abimelech, a eunuch, now serve at the whims of the royal family, only too aware of their own insignificance in the eyes of their masters. Abimelech and Jamila's quest to take control over their lives and find meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous politics of the royal court, and to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. [...A]t its heart, In The Palace of Flowers is a novel about the fear of being forgotten." -- Back cover.

"Set in the opulent Persian royal court of the Qajars at the end of the 19th century, In The Palace of Flowers is an atmospheric historical novel following the lives of two Abyssinian slaves, Jamila, a concubine, and Abimelech, a eunuch. Torn away from their families, they now serve at the whims of the royal family, only too aware of their own insignificance in the eyes of their masters. Abimelech and Jamila's quest to take control over their lives and find meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous, and deadly politics of the royal court, both in the government and the harem and to the radicals that lie beyond its walls. But have these two slaves found themselves in over their heads? Love, friendship and political intrigue will set the fate of these two slaves." -- Provided by publisher.

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