It is the year Rumi year 1302 or 1886 by the Christian calendar. The setting is Istanbul where the naked body of a white woman had been found floating in the Bosphorus. Around her neck is a pendant that contains the tughra, the Sultan''s seal - a signature that is only found on special possessions of the imperial household. For Kamil Pasha, the city''s magistrate, there are echoes of a similar murder - of an English governess - that took place eight years before. There are also links to a woman called Jaanan, a member of Ottoman high society who has fallen into disgrace.The body of the first victim was discovered, drowned, on the estate where she lived with her mother and uncle. Jaanan was a priveleged child who grew up amongst the ''veiled ladies'' of the court but her life changed when she fell in love with a man who was involved in a plot to overturn the Sultan. Sybil is the daughter of the English Amabassador and as such, has unique access to the most prominent circles in the Court. She uses her connections to help Kamil Pasha infiltate the secrets world of the harem, and gradually falls in love with him. As they work to untangle the threads of both murders they make powerful enemies in a dramatic tale of court intrigue and revenge.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Phoenix (Orion)
ISBN: 9780753821329
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 403
Tiempo de lectura:
8h 20m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 05/09/2006
Año de edición: 2006
Plaza de edición: London
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Escrito por JENNY WHITE
(Würzburg, Alemania,) es escritora y antropóloga social. Doctorada en Antropología por la Universidad de Texas, su campo de interés se centra en la comunidad turca y en Oriente Medio, materias que actualmente imparte como profesora en la Universidad de Boston. Ha publicado tres novelas ambientadas en el Estambul del siglo XIX y protagonizadas por el magistrado Kamil Pasha: El sello del sultán (2006), La prueba abisinia (2008) y El ladrón de invierno (2010). La primera de ellas fue considerada uno de los mejores debuts literarios del año.