Yashim Togalu, nineteenth-century eunuch and imperial investigator, inquires into a wave of murders in Istanbul, Turkey, and uncovers the revival of the Janissaries, the Ottoman military force abolished ten years earlier, who are planning to overthrow the government.
year: 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: eunuchs, fiction, police, istanbul, favorites, royal, istanbul (turkey), istanbul (turkey), courts and courtiers, fiction, history, 19th century, courts and courtiers, mystery fiction, historical fiction
Editions
Goodwin, Jason
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006)
Yashim Togalu, nineteenth-century eunuch and imperial investigator, inquires into a wave of murders in Istanbul, Turkey, and uncovers the revival of the Janissaries, the Ottoman military force abolished ten years earlier, who are planning to overthrow the government.
Schools: 1
Goodwin, Jason
In 1836, eunuch sleuth Yashim investigates a series of killings in the sultan's court, honing in on the Janissaries, the marginalized former imperial guards who have become ruthless mercenaries and may have committed the murders in an attempt to regain power.
Schools: 1