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Informationen zum Autor 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 novels featuring Yashim. Klappentext Set in nineteenth century Istanbul, this is a rich, atmospheric and exciting historical thriller. A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. The eunuch Yashim delves deep into the city's crooked alleyways and discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire. A bloody, witty and fast-paced literary thriller. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin is a rich, atmospheric and exciting historical thriller set in nineteenth-century Istanbul. Zusammenfassung 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.
