The Sultan's Seal
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The Sultan's Seal

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The Sultan's Seal

About this book

"A wonderful read…. An historical novel of the highest quality." —Iain Pears

Rich in sensuous detail, this first novel brilliantly captures the political and social upheavals of the waning Ottoman Empire. The naked body of a young Englishwoman washes up in Istanbul wearing a pendant inscribed with the seal of the deposed sultan. The death resembles the murder by strangulation of another English governess, a crime that was never solved. Kamil Pasha, a magistrate in the new secular courts, sets out to find the killer, but his dispassionate belief in science and modernity is shaken by betrayal and widening danger. In a lush, mystical voice, a young Muslim woman, Jaanan, recounts her own relationships with one of the dead women and her suspected killer. Were these political murders involving the palace or crimes of personal passion? An absorbing tale that transports the reader to nineteenth-century Turkey, this novel is also a lyrical meditation on the contradictory desires of the human soul.

Reading group guide included. Includes the first chapter of the next Kamil Pasha novel.

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Information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780393072518
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Science Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. 1. Dark Eyes
  8. 2. When the Lodos Blows
  9. 3. The Ambassador’s Daughter
  10. 4. June 15, 1886
  11. 5. The Sea Hamam
  12. 6. June 18, 1886
  13. 7. Your Rolling Pearl
  14. 8. Rules of Engagement
  15. 9. Memory
  16. 10. Hill of Stars
  17. 11. Your Brush Is the Bowstring
  18. 12. The Old Superintendent
  19. 13. A Perfect Fit
  20. 14. Blood
  21. 15. July 1, 1886
  22. 16. The Clean Soil of Reason
  23. 17. July 3, 1886
  24. 18. Kismet
  25. 19. The Crimson Thread
  26. 20. Avi
  27. 21. The Bedestan
  28. 22. Crevice
  29. 23. The Modernists
  30. 24. The Kangal Dog
  31. 25. Deep Sea
  32. 26. Salt, Not Sweet
  33. 27. The Smell of Roses
  34. 28. July 9, 1886
  35. 29. Visions
  36. 30. Feet Like Milk
  37. 31. The Girl Wife
  38. 32. With Wine-Red Necks
  39. 33. Elias Usta’s Workmanship
  40. 34. The Eunuch and the Driver
  41. 35. The Dust of Your Street
  42. 36. Sea Glass
  43. 37. Enduring Principles
  44. 38. A Shared Pipe
  45. 39. The Gate of the Spoonmakers
  46. 40. July 17, 1886
  47. 41. Beautiful Machinery
  48. 42. The Eunuch
  49. 43. The End of Dreams
  50. 44. The Past Is the Vessel of the Future
  51. 45. A Thin Blade
  52. 46. A Hundred Braids
  53. 47. Villa at Tarabya
  54. 48. The Net
  55. 49. The Floating Stage
  56. 50. Barely a Sound
  57. 51. The Ming Vase
  58. 52. The Eye of the Pool
  59. 53. Chaos in the Tapestry of Life
  60. 54. Death Is Too Easy
  61. Acknowledgments