Jenny White
The Sultan’s Seal
A Novel
“A wonderful read. . . . An historical novel of the highest quality.”—Iain Pears
“A passionate debut. . . . Lyrical . . . enchanting.”—Publishers Weekly
“CSI goes Ottoman Empire . . . with readers easily transported back to those days when mystery and intrigue lurked around every corner.”—Booklist, starred review
“Intricate and subtle as a Turkish carpet, lush as silk upon the skin. . . . A fascinating and remarkably knowledgeable look at a society in flux, its very appealing characters caught between East and West, Islam and Christianity, and bound in a web of murder and treachery that only the lucky few may escape.”—Diana Gabaldon
“Set in nineteenth-century Istanbul, The Sultan’s Seal lingers in the mind like the strong, delightful smell of an incense you will remember the next time you catch it in the air.”—Elif Shafak, author of The Saint of Incipient Insanities
Jenny White is professor of anthropology at Boston University and the author of numerous nonfiction works on Turkish society and politics. The Sultan’s Seal is her first novel.
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