The Aviary Gate : a novel

Hickman, Katie. (Author). Bailey, Josephine. (Added Author). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Josephine Bailey. (Cast).

Summary: Elizabeth Staveley sits in the Bodleian library, holding in her trembling hands a fragment of ancient paper. It is the key to a story that has been locked away for four centuries-the story of a British sea captain's daughter held captive in the sultan's harem.Constantinople, 1599. There are rumors and strange stirrings in the sultan's palace. The chief black eunuch has been poisoned by a taste of a beautiful ship made of spun sugar. The sultan's mother faces threats to her power from her son's favorite concubine. And a secret rebellion is rising within the palace's most private quarters.Meanwhile, the merchant Paul Pindar, secretary to the English ambassador, brings a precious gift to the sultan. As he nears the palace, word comes to Pindar that the woman he once loved, Celia, may be alive and hidden among the ranks of slaves in the sultan's harem. Can this really be the same Celia who disappeared in a shipwreck? And if it is, can the two be reunited?

Record details

ISBN: 1400127793 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
ISBN: 9781400127795 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 30 min.)) : digital.
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Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Audio, 2008.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Josephine Bailey.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.