The Janissary Tree (Paperback)

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel 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, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world, an investigator who can walk with ease in the great halls of the empire, in its streets, and even within its harems--because, of course, Yashim is a eunuch. His investigation points to the Janissaries, who, for four hundred years were the empire's elite soldiers. Crushed by the sultan, could they now be staging a brutal comeback? And can they be stopped without throwing Istanbul into political chaos?
This first book in the Investigator Yashim series is a richly entertaining tale, full of exotic history and intrigue.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Investigator Yashim, 1
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	Jason Goodwin
Dimensions:	211 x 137 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42613-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
LSN:	0-312-42613-5
Barcode:	9780312426132

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