In her debut novel, The Mapmaker’s Daughter (Delphinium Books), Katherine Nouri Hughes gives insight into the historical tale of Cecilia Baflo Veniero, later known as Nurbanu, Queen Mother of the Ottoman Sultans. In a dramatic deathbed confessional, Nurbanu recounts a tragic life story from her beginnings as an illegitimately…
Jim AlkonSeptember 8, 2018