El Árbol de los Jenízaros

Synopsis of El Árbol de los Jenízaros

Istanbul, 1836. The mysterious murder of four soldiers of the New Guard threatens to break the fragile balance of power in the court. All indications point to the Janissaries: for four hundred years they were the elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, but they became so powerful that the Sultan decided to eliminate them. Are they organizing their brutal return? A successful fusion of historical novel and detective novel set in exotic 19th century Turkey.