
The Abyssinian Proof
A Kamil Pasha Novel
Jenny White(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 27. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-0-393-33372-5 (ISBN)
Description
Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. Four hundred years later, magistrate Kamil Pasha is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches and a series of murders in which the bodies bear the same distinctive mark. Sources lead Kamil to a hidden sect descended from Abyssinian slaves living in an abandoned cistern in Istanbul's gritty underworld. The reemergence of the forgotten reliquary sets off a brutal race between those sworn to protect it and those who will stop at nothing to gain its explosive secret.
Reviews / Votes
"Kamil-smart, brave, and compassionate-proves an appealing sleuth.... White clearly knows her period and place." -- Publishers WeeklyMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33372-5 (9780393333725)
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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.