The Sultan's eyes by Kelly Gardiner

When her old enemy, Fra Clement, is appointed Inquisitor to Venice, Isabella Hawkins and her friends flee Venice and seek refuge in Constantinople. Here Isabella becomes embroiled in a power struggle between the young sultan, his mother and grandmother.  Meanwhile her friends engage in dangerous games of their own.  All this makes Isabella reassess who she can trust and what is important to her. This is a fabulous sequel to Act of faith and brings alive the intrigues of the sultan's court and life in Constantinople.

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Act of faith by Kelly Gardiner

Isabella Hawkins is a girl ahead of her time.  She reads and writes in several languages and is encouraged by her father to challenge the 'establishment'.  But questioning the Church or Government is a dangerous business. When her father is put to death for publishing a controversial pamphlet on freedom, Isabella escapes from England and seeks refuge, first in Amsterdam and then Venice.  Is anywhere safe for a sixteen year old girl, an apprentice printer, who is more educated than most boys? 

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