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I Am Hürrem
A Novel by Julia Wood

She was a woman with a future-until fate cast her into the past.

When a young modern woman wakes to find herself trapped in the Ottoman Empire, she’s stripped of everything-her name, her freedom, her identity. Renamed Hürrem and thrust into the opulent yet perilous world of the Sultan’s harem, she must navigate a maze of intrigue, rivalry, and survival where beauty is currency and silence is safety.

But Hürrem is no ordinary concubine.

With courage, wit, and fierce loyalty, she rises through the ranks to become the Sultan’s most trusted consort, a mother to princes, and the most powerful woman in the Empire. Yet every victory comes at a cost-and in a palace where friends are rare and enemies whisper behind silk screens, even love may not be enough to protect her legacy.

Lyrical, emotional, and deeply personal, I Am Hürrem reimagines one of history’s most extraordinary women from the inside out. A sweeping tale of passion, politics, resilience, and reinvention.

She lost her world. But she built an empire.