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In her time there was none such as she - none more beautiful or intelligent or witty ... she was married to Yusuf, who built Marrakech for her...

12th-century text Kitab al-Istibsar
A false prophecy leads to the rise of a great empire… and a dangerous queen.

 11th century North Africa. In an attempt to change her destiny, love-struck Zaynab makes a false prophecy: that she is destined to marry a man who will create an empire. Although her plan backfires, Zaynab’s intelligence, beauty and ambition leads to four marriages, each lifting her status higher.

When Zaynab becomes the queen of Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of the Almoravid army creating an empire stretching across North Africa and Spain, her status finally seems secured. But her desperate need to be loved turns her into a vicious rival to the other women in Yusuf’s life.

Can Zaynab find the love she craves? What will happen to the empire she has co-created? Is a great queen’s destiny about to be crushed by an insignificant Christian slave woman?

None Such as She is the unsettling third book in the Moroccan Empire historical fiction series. If you enjoy exploring the forgotten stories of history’s most significant women, then you will be gripped by this deeply emotional novel.

Meet Morocco’s greatest queen. Buy None Such as She today.

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This story is so beautifully written that it takes you along a deeply emotional journey, packed with lies, deceit, ambition, adventure, cruelty, and angst. I cried...

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