The Janissary Tree - Yashim the Eunuch Series #1

Faber & Faber, UK, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. Trade Paperback. 332 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Faber & Faber, UK, 2006. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch. He leads us into the palace's luxurious seraglios and Istanbul's teeming streets, and leans on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a transsexual dancer, and a Creole-born queen mother. And he introduces us to the Janissaries. For 400 years, they were the empire's elite soldiers, but they grew too powerful, and ten years ago, the Sultan had them crushed. Are the Janissaries staging a brutal comeback? *** Quantity Available: 5. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0571229220. ISBN/EAN: 9780571229222. Inventory No: 09030082.. 9780571229222