The Janissary Tree

Name: The Janissary Tree
Author: Jason Goodwin

by Jason Goodwin

Ottoman detective investigates murders in eighteenth-century Constantinople

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Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin is a British travel writer and historian whose Yashim the eunuch investigator series is set in the Ottoman Empire of the 1830s. His novels are notable for their extraordinary historical detail, their exotic setting, and their sympathetic protagonist navigating the political intrigues of the Sublime Porte. The Janissary Tree won the Edgar Award.

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