The Sultan's Seal (平装)
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品牌: Jenny White
基本信息出版社:W W NORTON & CO INC (2007年2月1日)平装:368页ISBN:0393329208条形码:9780393329209产品尺寸及重量:20.9 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm ; 309 gASIN:0393329208商品描述内容简介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.媒体推荐"A wonderful read.... An historical novel of the highest quality."-Iain Pears