The Janissary Tree
A Novel

Još jedna knjiga koja me je osvojila na prečac i koju sam progutala u jednom dahu... i to davne 2006. pre pojave (i popularnosti) turskih serija kod nas... :) Dobar krimić s primesama istorijskog i egzotike... :)......more

Ho finito il libro e devo dire che anche se mi ha fatto ritornare a Istanbul e mi ha fatto vedere un periodo transitorio della storia turca - anche se ho letto commenti in cui si parla di madornali errori storici, sebbene io, da ignorante, non me ne sia resa conto - ho trovato le indagini troppo con......more

Sometimes, the same thing that makes a writer a brilliant historian prevents him from becoming something much more humble, say, a writer of mysteries. Jason Goodwin, whose book The Lord of the Horizons was a wonderful short history of the Ottoman Empire, tripped up a bit when he wrote his The Janiss......more

I tried it, but would not consider reading further in the series. The slow pace with abundance of historical detail brought the progress of the plot to a mournful halt on many occasions. For me, at least, a little OTtoman Empire goes a long way.......more

Surprised this won the Edgar Award. Book was pretty dry and a little disjointed. I suppose that when the hero was in mortal danger, I was supposed to be nervous on his account, but I wasn't. The stakes if the eunuch failed his mission were pretty high--four terrible murders about to be committed, th......more