The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1)

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Jason Goodwin has unleashed his talent on a series of mysteries set in nineteenth century Istanbul and starring the unlikeliest and most engaging of detectives Yashim the eunuch The Janissary Tree is the first in the series, and the year is 1836 Europe is modernizing, and the sultan of the Ottoman Empire feels he has no choice but to follow suit But just as he s poised to announce sweeping political change, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court Who is behind the killings Deep in the Abode of Felicity, the most forbidden district of Topkapi Palace, the sultan ruler of the Black Sea and the White, ruler of Rumelia and Mingrelia, lord of Anatolia and Ionia, Romania and Macedonia, Protector of the Holy Cities, steely rider through the realms of bliss announces, Send for Yashim Leading us through the palace s luxurious seraglios and Istanbul s teeming streets, Yashim places together the clues He is not alone He depends on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a transsexual dancer, and the Creole born queen mother He manages to find sweet salvation in the arms of another man s wife this is not your everyday eunuch And he introduces us to the Janissaries For four hundred years, they were the empire s elite soldiers But they grew too powerful, and ten years earlier the sultan had them crushed Are the Janissaries staging a brutal comeback And if they are, how can they be stopped without throwing Istanbul into political chaos Download The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1) By Jason Goodwin – kino-fada.fr Jo jedna knjiga koja me je osvojila na pre ac i koju sam progutala u jednom dahu i to davne 2006 pre pojave i popularnosti turskih serija kod nas Dobar krimi s primesama istorijskog i egzotikeTruth is, I did not finish it I found the characters too much like from a comic book not even a graphic novel , and it, well, plodded.It actually won an Edgar which is why I checked it out the library in the first place.But the real kicker is the author sincerely dislikes Constantinople Istanbul, the scene of the crime Why do I say this Well, they say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing In my case, I studied Ottoman history in grad sch...I cannot enjoy this Historical Mystery Novel The mystery part has not much mystery to solve, I believe readers could guess it easily before the protagonist reveal the culprit No need to revealIt is one of the easiest mystery that I ve ever read.For setting and background, at first I have high hope with eunuch detective and his unusual friends But then, the details of the characters are not convincing At read status update, I wrote I found 2 flaws in details Well, I don t remember wha I cannot enjoy this Historical Mystery Novel The mystery part has not much mystery to solve, I believe readers could guess it easily before the protagonist reveal the culp...This book is very, very encouraging for prospective authors of historical fiction By all means, go ahead and write a book and don t bother to make any research there are enough idiots out there including myself with plenty of time and money to spend recklessly on a boring story and facts that don t simply match This is a waste Many of the names are made up Yashim, Preen, Palmuk What the heck These names are not Turkish at all The story transpires in 1836 there are visionary characte This book is very, very encouraging for prospective authors of historical fiction By all means, go ahead and write a book and don t bother to make any research there are enough idiots out there including myself with plenty of time and money to spend recklessly on a boring story and facts that don t simply match This is a waste Many of the names are made up Yashim, Preen, Palmuk What the heck These names are not Turkish at all The story transpires in 1836 there are visionary characters in the novel that have last names a century before the relevant law was put into effect Murad Eslek Ertogrul Aslan There is no such thing as a Karagozi sect or group Janissaries were Bektashis And the author must have known that because he even opens the book by one of his sayings A Nasrani tekke Just because you love the sound of the wor...Sometimes, the same thing that makes a writer a brilliant historian prevents him from becoming something muchhumble, 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 Janissary Tree The hero of the book is an investigator who also happens to be a eunuch In the approaching twilight years of the Empire, Yashim tries to understand a plot to bring down the Sultanate on the Sometimes, the same thing that makes a writer a brilliant historian prevents him from becoming something muchhumble, say, a writer of mysteries Jason Goodwin, whose book The Lord of the Horizons was ... The Janissary Tree is the first time I ve read anything by author Jason Goodwin Set in Istanbul in the mid 19th century it reminded me of My Name is Black, but this is a less ambitious novel Still it is a very good one, but shorter and probably muchaccessible to the casual average reader.I liked the writing, the plotting and the descr...The setting of the The Janissary Tree is fascinating the novel takes place in 1836 in Istanbul, with the Ottoman empire on the cusp between tradition and the modernity that will ultimately destroy it And the main character, Yashim, who is a eunuch, certainly provides a twist on the traditional detective However, I can t say that I loved the novel as a novel, rather than as a thinly veiled history lesson about a rather forgotten period in history In fact, every character was ready to spou The setting of the The Janissary Tree is fascinating the novel takes place in 1836 in Istanbul, with the Ottoman empire on the cusp between tradition and the modernity that will ultimately destroy it And the main character, Yashim, who is a eunuch, certainly provides a twist on the traditional detective However, I can t say that I loved the novel as a novel, rather than as a thinly veiled history lesson about a rather forgotten period in history In fact, every character was ready to spout off pages of Ottoman history or the arrangement of the Sultan s harem, at the drop of a hat, so that we, the readers, understood what was going on But since they actually lived through these events, why would they spend so much time talking about them That s a completely unnatural, novelistic contrivance As for Yashim himself, I never felt like I got to know him at all throughout the course of the novel his two distinguishi...Oh, the lure of the exotic And what could beexotic to a Californian on a rainy winter weekend than a mystery set in the crumbling Ottoman empire of the 1830s with a eunuch investigator, intrigues among harem concubines, Janissaries, and the ambassadors of France, Russia, Poland, and England, among many others I picked this book up on a whim after reading about it on my friend Dave s blog dave krondo.com , and, despite intending to read and work on many other things, found myself with m Oh, the lure of the exotic And what could beexotic to a Californian...This historical murder mystery reminds me of Caleb Carr s writing except Goodwin doesn t have Carr s flair for suspense nor can he generate the excitement or horror that Carr achieves in books like The Alienist In short, Goodwin isn t a GREAT murder mystery writer, but he is a GOOD mystery writer and what he does achieve here is an ability to transport the reader back to Istanbul in the 1830 s I had read Goodwin s history book of the Ottoman Empire, Lord s of the Horizon and what is remark This historical murder mystery reminds me of Caleb Carr s writing except Goodwin doesn t have Carr s flair for suspense nor can he generate the excitement or horror that Carr achieves in books like The Alienist In short, Goodwin isn t a GREAT murder my...A close friend recommended this book, and it did not disappoint It was a fun read a detective story taking place in the late periods of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul The main character is almost an Ottoman Sherlock Holmes, a charismatic eunuch called Yashim with a colorful personality Yashim investigates multiple mur...

The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1)
  • English
  • 06 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • 0312426135
  • Jason Goodwin
  • The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch, #1)