The Janissary Tree: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0374178607
- ISBN-13
- 9780374178604
- Series
- The Janissary Tree
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-16
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Jason Goodwin
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, which had been crushed by the Sultan when they became too powerful. By the author of Lords of the Horizons. 50,000 first printing.
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