The Janissary tree : a novel /
Jason Goodwin.
- New York : Picador Books, c2006.
- 320 p. ; 21 cm.
"Sarah Crichton books."
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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.
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