![]() The sultan ignores her and she grows up in a convent, completely innocent of the world of men, until the Sultan’s son (the theoretical hero, though what he does that is heroic I never found out) sees her in the orchard, and they fall madly, deeply, passionately in lust with each other. Her father takes over and becomes Emperor of a dying Empire in the process he married her off at the age of 10 to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. ![]() Limits, I has them.Īdora is Theadora C-something, the daughter of the Arch Duke/Chamberlain/Grand Vizier (I don’t remember the exact title, but the idea is the same- guy behind the Emperor) of Byzantium. I know this is “I read this shit so you don’t have to” but honestly. The associations are just so intense and gag-inducing.)Īnyway, this is the second Small book I’ve read and I’m not too terribly inclined to read more. (Seriously, the first time I read Watchmen, the copy I borrowed was ever so slightly moldy, and the mold smell while reading the Tales of the Black Freighter? I can’t even read that part now, in my new, ink-y smelling copy. ![]() It doesn’t help that the copy I got smells to high heaven (It must have been owned by a smoker and it is moldy) and I have an aversion to bad smells, especially in books. I have a soft spot for “Blaze Wyndham” like you wouldn’t believe. Small is one of my absolute favorite old-skool authors. RedHeadedGirl is back, this time with a book reviewed by request: Bertrice Small’s 1981 book, Adora. ![]()
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