In the Palace of Flowers
Written by Victoria Princewill
Narrated by Etta Fusi
4/5
()
About this audiobook
Inspired by the only existing first-person narrative of an Abyssinian slave in Iran, Jamila Habashi, In the Palace of Flowers recreates the opulent Persian royal court of the Qajars at the end of the nineteenth century. This is a precarious time of growing public dissent, foreign interference from the Russians and British, and the problem of an aging ruler and his unsuitable heir.
Torn away from their families, Jamila, a concubine, and Abimelech, a eunuch, now serve at the whims of the royal family, only too aware of their own insignificance in the eyes of their masters. Abimelech and Jamila’s quest to take control over their lives and find meaning leads to them navigating the dangerous politics of the royal court, and to the radicals that lie beyond its walls.
Richly textured and elegantly written, at its heart In the Palace of Flowers is a novel about the fear of being forgotten.
Victoria Princewill
Victoria Princewill (Manchester, 1990) is a British-born management consultant-turned-writer. Educated at Oxford and UCL, with a BA in English and MA in Philosophy, her work on race and contemporary culture has been published by the BBC, the Guardian, the Independent, the London Review of Books and n+1 magazine. She co-founded a TEDx series whilst a student, and in her spare time she attends philosophy salons.
Related to In the Palace of Flowers
Related audiobooks
Housegirl: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In Dependence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Book of the Little Axe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Forgetting: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Things I Have Withheld Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bride of the Sea Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Not Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Whispering Trees Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Eternal Audience of One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Love Again Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Memory of Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tall History of Sugar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Island Queen: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Men Don't Cry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Sunday: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Rust Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Augustown Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shadow King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arrows of Rain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian writers on the home, identity and culture they know Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Island House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hundred Wells of Salaga: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love's Persuasion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pirate's Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWelcome to Lagos: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Half-God of Rainfall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
General Fiction For You
A Court of Thorns and Roses Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Alchemist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Ends with Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If He Had Been with Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Omens: A Full Cast Production Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Frost and Starlight Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Two Towers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunger Games Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/511/22/63: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Court of Mist and Fury Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Court of Wings and Ruin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Return of the King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Five Years: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dutch House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Me: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for In the Palace of Flowers
4 ratings0 reviews