The Sultan's Seal: A Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels)
- 作者
- 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
- 出版时间 2007年4月 第2版
- ISBN 9780393329209
- 定价 168.00
内容简介
Richinsensuousdetail,thisfirstnovelbrilliantlycapturesthepoliticalandsocialupheavalsofthewaningOttomanEmpire.ThenakedbodyofayoungEnglishwomanwashesupinIstanbulwearingapendantinscribedwiththesealofthedeposedsultan.ThedeathresemblesthemurderbystrangulationofanotherEnglishgoverness,acrimethatwasneversolved.KamilPasha,amagistrateinthenewsecularcourts,setsouttofindthekiller,buthisdispassionatebeliefinscienceandmodernityisshakenbybetrayalandwideningdanger.Inalush,mysticalvoice,ayoungMuslimwoman,Jaanan,recountsherownrelationshipswithoneofthedeadwomenandhersuspectedkiller.Werethesepoliticalmurdersinvolvingthepalaceorcrimesofpersonalpassion?Anabsorbingtalethattransportsthereadertonineteenth-centuryTurkey,thisnovelisalsoalyricalmeditationonthecontradictorydesiresofthehumansoul.Readinggroupguideincluded.IncludesthefirstchapterofthenextKamilPashanovel.
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