num_pages: 443
description: "A novel of revelation . . . haunting." ―The New Yorker It is May 1908 and the Ottoman world is crumbling. Robert Markham, an Englishman in Constantinople, is newly posted to the British legation with his imperious wife and overly curious son. Markham's hidden life is about to make itself known as he forgets familial and patriotic ties in order to absolve a deep-seated guilt. Twelve years before, he had been involved with an Armenian woman. On the evening of their engagement, the Armenian massacres erupted. Saved by his British citizenship, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his fiancee. Amid the breakdown of the Turkish empire, he now seeks revenge.
language: English
title: The Rage of the Vulture
titlecomplete: The Rage of the Vulture
genres: British Literature, Historical, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 205
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company