About this title: Rich in sensuous detail, this first novel brilliantly captures the political and social upheavals of the waning Ottoman Empire, as the murder of a young Englishwoman in 19th-century Istanbul becomes the crux of an absorbing tale.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780393060997ISBN:0393060993
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 351 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393060997ISBN:0393060993
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Has cover and edge wear including a small tear on top edge of cover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 351 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393060997ISBN:0393060993
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780297852568ISBN:0297852566
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: BCE
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: White, Jenny, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780393060997ISBN:0393060993
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 351 Pages. Measures: 5-3/4" x 8-1/2" Clean, tight copy with no writing or marking. Not an Ex-Library Book. Includes 54 chapters, and a photograph with brief biography of the author. read more
"Beautifully written. The story grabbed me right away and kept my interest throughout. I read this shortly after returning from a trip to Istanbul so enjoyed reading descriptions of places I'd seen. I'll recommend this to anyone I know who is planning a trip to Istanbul."
"Delve into the fading years of the Ottoman court with Kamil Pasha, a local magistrate as he hunts down the reason a British woman's corpse is found in Istanbul."
"I expect an historical novel to offer some insight into another period or culture. This book did more: it totally transported me to 19th Century Turkey and the political turmoil of the Ottoman Empire.
I didn't expect a detective novel when I picked up the book, but it was a good story, albeit very complicated. I wish the author had inserted a "guide to characters" at the beginning of the book because I occasionally lost control of court and family members, or political positions. But, that didn't really matter. The strength of the book is the author's (a professor of anthropology)understanding of the culture and her ability to create a very rich and complete world for her readers. An interesting book, overall."
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