by Jason Goodwin · Tapa dura · ISBN 9789150107180
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«Eunuckens gåta» is the historical mystery novel by Jason Goodwin, published by Alfabeta in hardback (347 pages, in Swedish).
The story takes place in Istanbul in 1836, as the Ottoman Empire prepares for a great military parade. Four officers have disappeared and a harem concubine is found strangled. The eunuch Yashim must solve the case in ten days; the clues point to the Janissaries, an ancient elite corps thought to have been exterminated, and to a conspiracy that threatens to destabilize the Empire.
First installment of the Yashim the Eunuch series. Work originally published in English as The Janissary Tree and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
For readers of historical mystery and plots set in the Ottoman Empire.
Jason Goodwin is an English writer and historian.
