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The Sultan's Seal: A Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels) by White, Jenny is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"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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Author

White, Jenny

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393072518

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Thrillers

Rating

4 / 5 (193 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14