Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel

Title: Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel
Author: Jenny White
H: 1707211
ISBN: 9780393062052
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 400
Section: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: The Ottoman Empire is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches that, within days, appear for sale in Europe. Among them is a reliquary, presumed lost for four hundred years and around which an elaborate and mysterious sect has grown. In Istanbul, magistrate Kamil Pasha is under pressure to break the smuggling ring amid rising tensions between Christians and Muslims. He confronts a mysterious adversary who will stop at nothing to get the reliquary first. With the Balkans aflame and Kamil's personal life in upheaval, the search into the old neighborhoods where Istanbul's crime rings reside may cost Kamil not only his position but also his life. Jenny White enters this time of distrust and turmoil, re-creating the gritty underworld of a dying empire.