Mistress Manifesto

"Statue of Nastia Lisovska in downtown Rohatyn. You'll note that Roxelana's name has variations.  Her given name may be Alexsa...

I thought the book Empress of the East by author Leslie Pierce was outstanding but I did have one problem with it and that was her identific...

Because Roxelana managed to marry Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, against all odds, as Princess Hurrem she did well by her daughter as well...

While her husband Suleyman the Magnificent was away at war, the once-slave Roxelana wrote him letters daily saying how much she and their ch...

People could accept that Roxelana, who was called Princess Hurrem, might be a crafty woman, a seductive woman, who Suleyman had come to love...

In 1534, a Venetian envoy reported that there was a marriage between Roxelana and Suleyman that was not affirmed by the court in Istanbul, T...

In July 2018 here at Mistress Manifesto, I featured Sally Hemmings , born a slave, who is rumored to have been the long-time mistress to wid...