About the book: 2014 / For the first time! Two bestsellers in one volume! Double portrait of the most beautiful and faithful married couple of the Sublime Porte. A story of great love and a brutal struggle for power, burning passion and palace intrigue, a happy marriage and broken hearts. There is no more popular women's series now than "THE MAGNIFICENT AGE". The incredible fate of the Slavic captive Roksolana, who became the legal wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, captivated many millions of television viewers. Neither before Roksolana nor after her did the sultans of the Ottoman Empire marry former slaves according to Sharia law and did not live in a monogamous marriage - they generally preferred not to officially marry, owning huge harems with hundreds of concubines. And Suleiman not only elevated his beloved to the throne of the Sublime Porte, but also remained faithful to her until the grave - and after the death of Roksolana he wrote the following poems: “And if you are not in heaven, there is no need for heaven!..»