About the book: 2016 / The novel by a modern Turkish writer tells about the life and rise to the heights of power of the chosen one of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566) Hurrem Sultan ( aka Roksolana), born Anastasia Lisovskaya, a concubine of Slavic origin, who was destined to play a decisive role in the destinies of the Ottoman Empire and Europe. The spicy exoticism of the East and the rich outline of historical events ensured the incredible popularity of this novel not only in Turkey, where it went through forty reprints, but also in many European countries. It was this novel that inspired the producers to create the famous TV series “The Magnificent Century,” which was successfully shown all over the world, including in Russia..