
The Abyssinian Proof
A Kamil Pasha Novel
Jenny White(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2008
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-393-06205-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary, presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate and mysterious sect has grown. In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid rising tensions between Christians and Muslims. He confronts a mysterious adversary who will stop at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil's personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighborhoods where Istanbul's crime rings reside may cost Kamil not only his position but also his life. Jenny White enters this time of distrust and turmoil, re-creating the gritty underworld of a dying empire.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
693 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-06205-2 (9780393062052)
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Person
Jenny White is the author of the Kamil Pasha series: The Sultan's Sea (a finalist for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Award), The Abyssinian Proof and The Winter Thief. She is a professor of anthropology at Boston University, specializing in Turkey.