Title: The janissary tree
Subtitle: A Novel
First published: 2006
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.
Subjects: Fiction, Eunuchs, Police, Royal Favorites, History, Courts and courtiers, Court and courtiers, Istanbul (turkey), fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, historical, general
Places: Istanbul (Turkey), Turkey, Istanbul
Time periods: 19th century