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Article: SEX SLAVE S OF THE SULTANS; Seized from their homes by pirates, shipped to distant harems and trained in the art of love . . . the English women who fell victim to the white slave trade.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2003
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Byline: ANNE DE COURCY
THE BEAUTIFUL young blonde, swathed in rich velvets and brocades, was led through the narrow, crowded streets of Constantinople towards the palatial harem that would be her home for the rest of her life. Ahead of her, a path was cleared by the flailing whips of the Sultan's eunuchs, who brought her to a huge figure standing by the gate to the harem, his high turban crowned with flamingo plumes and his cloak lined with ermine.
This was the Chief Black Eunuch of the Sultan's court, come to inspect the latest offering to his master. For Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, captured by a corsair galley as she sailed home to
Martinique ...