{"product_id":"2940154483503","title":"The Parchment Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eCairo, Egypt, 1919\u003cbr\u003eHezba, the rebellious seventeen-year-old daughter of the Sultan of Egypt, lives a life of luxury in a mansion overlooking the river Nile. Locked away in the harem, she has everything she wants, except the one thing that will keep her from madness; her freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sultan has ordered Hezba back into the care of her husband, the ageing and abusive Khalil al-Shezira, but Hezba's secret lover has other ideas, so does Hezba. She wants al-Shezira gone from her life and she wants change. She'll stop at nothing to achieve her desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1919, Egypt, and in a world reeling from the devastation of the First World War, Hezba is considered a dangerous female; as the daughter of the Sultan of Egypt, she is expected to do as she is told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut for Hezba, submission is impossible; love, revolution and freedom from repression are worth dying for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Parchment Notebook was originally published by Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer, USA as The Hidden, a novel that won the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) in 2013, in the Mystery\/Suspense category and became an overnight bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow published by 8dpress, Edinburgh, The Hidden has been split into two stories, The Parchment Notebook being the first in The Hidden series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimee's War is the second book in the series; The Zephyr, the third; and The Unforgiven the last in the series. All are available for purchase on Amazon. The Hidden, as published by Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer is no longer in print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jo Chumas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177216622832,"sku":"2940154483503","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154483503_p0.jpg?v=1764068748","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154483503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}