The janissary tree
By: Jason Goodwin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780374178604
Subjects: Eunuchs -- Fiction; Police -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- Fiction; Favorites, Royal -- Fiction; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Courts and courtiers -- Fiction; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: When the Ottoman Empire of 1836 is shattered by a wave of political murders that threatens to upset the balance of power, eunuch intelligence agent Yashim Togalu conducts an investigation into clues within the empire's once-elite military forces.
Notes: "Sarah Crichton books."