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Yashim is no ordinary detective. Yashim is a eunuch. 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, 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.
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Janissary Tree, Various authors
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Janissary Tree
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Various authors
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0571229239
- ISBN13
- 9780571229239
- Series
- Yashim the Eunuch
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Detective Fiction, 19th century, Historical Mystery, Harems, Istanbul, Constantinople
- First published
- 2006
- Original title
- The Janissary Tree
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- Yashim is no ordinary detective. Yashim is a eunuch. 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, 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.