Sultan's Seal - Brossura

White, Jenny

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393329208 ISBN 13: 9780393329209

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007

Riassunto

When the body of a young Englishwoman washes up on the beaches of nineteenth-century Istanbul, secular magistrate Kamil Pasha finds his dispassionate belief in science and modernity shaken by developments in the case, which parallels the unsolved murder of another English governess. A first novel. Reprint.

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"A wonderful read.... An historical novel of the highest quality."--Iain Pears Rich in sensuous detail, this first novel brilliantly captures the political and social upheavals of the waning Ottoman Empire. The naked body of a young Englishwoman washes up in Istanbul wearing a pendant inscribed with the seal of the deposed sultan. The death resembles the murder by strangulation of another English governess, a crime that was never solved. Kamil Pasha, a magistrate in the new secular courts, sets out to find the killer, but his dispassionate belief in science and modernity is shaken by betrayal and widening danger. In a lush, mystical voice, a young Muslim woman, Jaanan, recounts her own relationships with one of the dead women and her suspected killer. Were these political murders involving the palace or crimes of personal passion? An absorbing tale that transports the reader to nineteenth-century Turkey, this novel is also a lyrical meditation on the contradictory desires of the human soul. Reading group guide included. Includes the first chapter of the next Kamil Pasha novel.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393329208
• ISBN 13: 9780393329209
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368