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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Ahmed, Jamila.     Subjects     Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) -- Fiction.     Malik-Shāh, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1055-1092 -- Fiction.     Arabian nights -- Adaptations -- Fiction.     Seljuks -- History -- 12th century -- Fiction.     Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192 -- Fiction.     Uxoricide -- Fiction.     Murder -- Fiction.     Storytelling -- Fiction.     Women storytellers -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ahmed, Jamila.       by title:      Every rising sun : a...       by call number:      FICTION AHM     Search the Web     Ahmed, Jamila.     Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) -- Fiction.     Malik-Shāh, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1055-1092 -- Fiction.     Arabian nights -- Adaptations -- Fiction.     Seljuks -- History -- 12th century -- Fiction.     Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192 -- Fiction.     Uxoricide -- Fiction.     Murder -- Fiction.     Storytelling -- Fiction.     Women storytellers -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Every rising sun : a novel / Jamila Ahmed. by Ahmed, Jamila. Henry Holt and Company, 2023. Call #: FICTION AHM Subjects Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) -- Fiction.   Malik-Shāh, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1055-1092 -- Fiction.   Arabian nights -- Adaptations -- Fiction.   Seljuks -- History -- 12th century -- Fiction.   Crusades -- Third, 1189-1192 -- Fiction.   Uxoricide -- Fiction.   Murder -- Fiction.   Storytelling -- Fiction.   Women storytellers -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781250887078 (hc.) Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Description:  423 p. ; 25 cm. Notes:  "A retelling of The Arabian nights that puts Shaherazade front and center"--Dust jacket flap. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "In twelfth century Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious at the murders, his province seethes on rebellion's edge. To suppress her guilt, quell threats of a revolt, and perhaps marry the man she has loved since childhood, Shaherazade persuades her beloved father, the Malik's vizier, to offer her as the next wife"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION AHM Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION AHM Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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