I saw this movie about 10 + years ago
and I have always wondered the same thing that everyone pretty much has asked, is this movie true? thanks for telling me that it is
hugs
bus PS I would love to see the original grave of the French/Haram girl
It's based on a legend. There is evidence that both supports
it and disproves it. No one is really sure.
The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch. Tells the true stories of four 19th century European women who found love in the east, including Aimee Dubucq De Rivery, a cousin of French empress Josephine Bonaparte. Abducted by pirates at age 13, Aimee is said to have ended up in the harem of Ottoman sultan Abdulhamid I, where she was called Nakshedil and became the powerful mother of Sultan Mahmud II.
Novels About Aimee de Rivery
Seraglio by Janet Wallach. Fictionalized account of the life of Aimee Dubucq de Rivery. Out of print, but available from Alibris.
Sultana by Prince Michael of Greece. Another novel about Aimee. From Alibris.
Valide: A Novel of the Harem by Barbara Chase-Riboud. A 1986 novel about Aimee. Available from Alibris.
This IS based on a true story but it also seems to incorporate partos of the lives of several such women. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article about one of the most famous wives of the sultans who was a kidnapped european:
Nurbanu Sultan or Sultana Nur-Banu, née Cecilia Venier-Baffo (ca. 1525 – 7 December 1583)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurbanu_Sultan
The film tells the sotry of this Sultan who lived much later:
Abdul Hamid II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II
You can buy a copy of the novel USED from Amazon in either Paperback or Hardecover for cheap:
Sultana (Paperback)
by Michael Prince of Greece (Author), Michel (Autho
http://www.amazon.com/Sultana-Michael-Prince-Greece/dp/0380685027/ref= ed_oe_p
Sultana [IMPORT] (Hardcover)
by Prince Michael of Greece (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Sultana-Prince-Michael-Greece/dp/0060151668/ref= ed_oe_h