Summary

It is 1877, on the shores of the Black Sea, and the omens for the newborn Eleanora Cohen are hardly promising.

It is 1877, on the shores of the Black Sea, and the omens for the newborn Eleanora Cohen are hardly promising. Not only does her mother die in childbirth, but her village is being attacked by the Tsar's Royal Cavalry. However, despite this bad beginning, young Eleanora grows into a remarkably clever child. And when a heartbreaking tragedy leaves her marooned in Istanbul, it is Eleanora's extraordinary courage and character which lead her straight to the Sultan's court, and to her salvation