The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

The Sultan's Seal by Jenny White

A gripping tale of murder in nineteenth-century Istanbul ...The naked body of a young English woman washes up in the Bosphorus wearing a pendant inscribed with the tughra, the Sultan's seal, found only on possessions of the imperial household. The Turkish magistrate Kamil Pasha sets out to find the killer, but encounters a web of obstacles and links to the earlier killing of another English woman. Were these political murders involving the palace or crimes of personal passion? Sybil, the daughter of the English ambassador, uses her connections to help Kamil infiltrate the secret world of the harem. As they untangle the threads, they make powerful enemies in a society where the forces of tradition and modernity collide.

'A gripping tale of murder in 19th-century Istanbul' DAILY EXPRESS 2302.07 'White clearly understands the culture and the period in profound detail... It's rare to find a writer with such a passion for authenticity who can still serve up a compelling story' THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 18.03.07

Jenny White is a tenured professor of anthropology at Boston University, specializing in Turkish studies. She's written monographs on 20th-century politics and has been studying the Islamic party that recently won the elections in Turkey. Her book on that party became required reading in the State Department.

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ISBN 13	9780753821510
ISBN 10	0753821516
Title	The Sultan's Seal
Author	Jenny White
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2007-02-01
Number of pages	432
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