The Harem Midwife

By Roberta Rich

Book Overview

A sweeping work of historical fiction set in 16th-century Constantinople, The Harem Midwife is a richly detailed novel of Jewish exile, palace intrigue, and dangerous secrets inside the Ottoman... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385676662
• ISBN13: 9780385676663
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 320 Pages

Customer Reviews

Jewish life in the Turkish Empire

Read the "Midwife of Venice" first. "The Harem Midwife" talks about Jewish life in the Turkish Empire, which is interesting. But in the end, I was disappointed that all of the midwife's problems were resolved much to easily. This gave the book a "not quite true" quality.