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Aviary gate
Synopsis
Elizabeth Stavely sits in the Bodleian library with trembling hands. Before her is a fragment of parchment which has about it a dusty fragrance of roses, of sadness and great age. Here is the clue she has been looking for, to a story that has been untold for four hundred years.
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Elizabeth StavelyProtagonist
A woman who discovers a fragment of parchment in the Bodleian library, leading her to uncover a four-hundred-year-old untold story.
Lady Mary Wortley MontaguSupporting
An English aristocrat and writer who traveled to the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century and wrote extensively about her experiences, providing a historical context for the novel's themes.
Safiye SultanSupporting
A powerful Venetian-born concubine and later Valide Sultan (Queen Mother) of the Ottoman Empire, whose life and influence are central to the historical mystery Elizabeth Stavely investigates.
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Aviary GateUnknown, 2008
352 pages
Ebsco PublishingLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97814356934185 editions available
