The House of Happiness. Children of Roxolana and Suleiman the Magnificent

"HOUSE OF HAPPINESS" — that’s what people called the sultan’s harem in the era of Suleiman the Magnificent and his Slavic wife Roxelana, who was called “the happiest woman”—because she not only herself ascended the throne of the Sublime Porte, but also bore her beloved husband six children! Only her House of Happiness was built on blood: two of Roxelana’s sons died of illnesses, the third was executed after Suleiman named him heir, the fourth had to be executed for rebellion, and the last, who became sultan after his father, entered history under the nickname Drunkard and died “drunk,” not living to fifty. And only her one and only daughter Mihrimah was worthy of her great parents—beautiful and clever. With her brothers she received a brilliant education (and even skills in handling weapons!), and she became her mother’s closest assistant, continuing all her philanthropic projects…

Based on the previous books of the cycle and the TV series “MAGNIFICENT CENTURY,” you know Roxelana as the incomparable beloved and cherished wife of the sultan. In this novel, she appears as a loving mother—ready to sacrifice everything: the throne, the House of Happiness, and her own life—for the future of her children.