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The Janissary Tree

The Janissary Tree - Paperback

by Jason Goodwin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jason GoodwinSeries:Investigator Yashim #1Publish date:2007-05-15Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312426132ISBN-10:312426135UPC:9780312426132Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCD64GNM1J

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL

This first book in the Investigator Yashim series is a richly entertaining tale, full of exotic history and intrigue, introduces Investigator Yashim: In 1830s Istanbul, an extra-ordinary hero tackles an extraordinary plot that threatens to topple the Ottoman Empire

It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch.

He leads us into the palace's luxurious seraglios and Istanbul's teeming streets, and leans on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a transsexual dancer, and a Creole-born queen mother. And he introduces us to the Janissaries. For 400 years, they were the empire's elite soldiers, but they grew too powerful, and ten years ago, the Sultan had them crushed. Are the Janissaries staging a brutal comeback?
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312426132ISBN-10:312426135UPC:9780312426132Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, ThrillersBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCD64GNM1J
JASON GOODWIN is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Investigator Yashim series. The first five books--The Janissary Tree, The Snake Stone, The Bellini Card, An Evil Eye, and The Baklava Club--have been published to international acclaim, alongside Yashim Cooks Istanbul, a cookbook of Ottoman Turkish recipes inspired by the series. Goodwin studied Byzantine history at Cambridge and is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in England.
Publisher: Picador USA

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