THE DROWNING GUARD
Book ID/图书代码： 03540013B61767
English Summary/英文概要： Each morning in the hour before dawn, a silent boat launches onto the Bosphorous, moving swiftly into the deepest part of the waters halfway between Europe and Asia, where a man will die …
The Drowning Guard is the tale of the Ottoman princess, Esma Sultan — one of the most powerful women in Ottoman history and unlike any other woman in the Islamic world. In a gender reversal of Scheherazade in 1001 Arabian Nights, Esma seduces a different Christian lover each night, only for him to be drowned in the morning. The Sultaness’s true passion burns only for the Christian-born soldier charged with carrying out the brutal nightly death sentence: her drowning guard, Ivan Postivich.
The Drowning Guard explores the riddle of Esma — who is at once a murderer and a champion and liberator of women — and the man who loves her in spite of her horrifying crimes. This textured historical novel, set in the opulence and squalor of Istanbul in 1826, is woven with the complexity and consequences of love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每天早晨在破曉時分，一條幽幽的小船會駛向美麗的博斯普魯斯海峽（Bosphorous），迅速地駛入歐亞之間最深的水域，在那裡一個男人將會客死此處…
《溺水的警衛》是一部關於土耳其公主埃斯瑪·蘇爾坦的故事， - 這是一位於其他伊斯蘭世界婦女與眾不同的，在土耳其帝國歷史上最具有權勢的婦女。在這部1001一夜的性別逆轉的天方夜譚的故事中，埃斯瑪公主每晚誘惑一個不同的基督徒戀人，只為的是將他溺死在次日清晨。伊斯蘭教王妃的真實激情必須由天生的基督徒戰士以每夜殘酷死刑的執行點燃：她溺水而亡的衛兵，伊凡·珀斯特維奇（Ivan Postivich）。
《溺水的警衛》探索了謎一樣的埃斯瑪 — 一位曾經的兇手，統治者和婦女的解放者 — 而那些不顧她可怕罪行的愛著她的男人們。這部特定的歷史小說，將故事背景設置在1826年的富裕而又糜爛的伊斯坦布爾內，膠著的複雜而又一段迴腸蕩氣的愛。（Sandy）
Awards/获奖情况："Part intoxicating Scherazade story and part dazzling historical drama, The Drowning Guard features a Sultan’s sister who’s a compassionate killer set against a richly textured era that’s as startlingly alive as it is brutal. Literary alchemist Lafferty has crafted a page turner so witty, smart and original, that the spell lingers long after the final pages.” —Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You and Is This Tomorrow: A Novel
About the Author/作者介绍： 琳達•拉弗蒂是個海軍司令的女兒。她總共上了14所學校，最終畢業於科羅拉多大學，獲得教育學碩士和博士學位。她從小遊學的經歷讓她養成了旅遊的習慣。她曾在多國學習，包括英國、法國、墨西哥、西班牙。
琳達•拉弗蒂閱歷豐富，她遊遍歐洲，曾做過西班牙皇家的家庭教師，在馬德里的美國學校教過書。她叔叔在她十歲時就教她馬術。時至今日，她還時常玩馬術。 琳達•拉弗蒂在《魅力》、《阿彭斯時報》、《羅波報告》、《馬術雜誌》、《西方馬術師》和其他出版物上發表作品。
Linda Lafferty has published her work in Glamour, The Aspen Times, The Robb Report, Polo Magazine, Western Horseman and other publications.
She was tutor to the Royal Family of Spain and taught at the American School of Madrid. Linda now lives with her husband in the Roaring Fork Valley, near Aspen, Colorado.
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