sansaregina:HISTORY MEME | ten women: Hatice Sultan, daughter of Murad V“At the time of our confineme

sansaregina:HISTORY MEME | ten women: Hatice Sultan, daughter of Murad V“At the time of our confinement in Çırağan Palace, Princess Hadice was some seven or eight years old. By the time she was ten, she was already a happy, laughing, joyful girl. Now, every child loves a story, wouldn’t one say? Well, she loved stories more than any child ever did. She would even make up her own endings to stories while listening to them, and she’d tell us her ideas about them, proving both that she possessed a vivid imagination and that she was quite advanced for her age. As she grew older her sentiments quickly became more apparent. She took up novels as soon as she learned to read. Once we had settled in Çırağan Palace she would surreptitiously pick out the novels from among our master’s books, now and then staying up all night reading them. Most of these novels were the works of French authors, since she had been taught French by Gevherriz Kalfa as well as by our master. After she read them she would tell us what they were about, and as she was relating them to us we noticed she was particularly drawn to the complications of love. So it became apparent that Princess Hadice was a bit too romantic by nature and that most likely passion fired her soul.” – Douglas Scott Brookes - The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher -- source link

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