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The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin
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Description for The Janissary Tree
Paperback. A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Series: Yashim the Ottoman Detective. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire.
Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s, The Janissary Tree is a bloody, witty and fast-paced literary thriller with a spectacular cast.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571229246
SKU
V9780571229246
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99-99
About Jason Goodwin
Jason Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other books of cultural history and travel. He lives in Sussex, England, is married with four children, speaks French and German and once walked to Istanbul from Poland. This is the first of a series of ... Read more
Reviews for The Janissary Tree
"'Everything you could want from a novel.' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth"