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Voyagez dans l'Istanbul du XIXe siècle, une ville débordante d'intrigues politiques et de dangers cachés au sein de l'Empire ottoman. Suivez Yashim, un eunuque du palais doté d'un intellect vif et d'une position d'influence inhabituelle, alors qu'il navigue à travers des affaires complexes et découvre des secrets sombres. Cette série de mystère historique offre un mélange captivant de détails culturels, d'intrigues pleines de suspense et d'un protagoniste unique.

Le complot des janissaires
The Snake Stone
The Bellini Card
Snake Stone
Janissary Tree
The Baklava Club

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  1. 1

    Janissary Tree

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    3,7(14)Évaluer

    Yashim is no ordinary detective. Yashim is a eunuch. A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s, The Janissary Tree is a bloody, witty and fast-paced literary thriller with a spectacular cast.

    Janissary Tree
  2. 1

    Le complot des janissaires

    3,6(4682)Évaluer

    Istanbul, 1836. L'eunuque Hachim, réputé pour son flair et sa discrétion dans toute la ville, mène l'enquête pour le compte du sultan Mahmud II. Les corps de quatre officiers de l'armée sont retrouvés dans différents lieux de la capitale ottomane. Une jeune femme du harem royal a également été assassinée. Derrière cette série de meurtres barbares, Hachim découvre l'ombre des terribles janissaires, confrérie sanguinaire dont les exactions terrorisèrent Istanbul avant leur anéantissement, quelques années auparavant. Du Grand Bazar à la Corne d'Or, des étroites ruelles médiévales aux corridors du palais de Topkapi, Hachim arpente la cité impériale, grouillante d'activité, éblouissante et délabrée, sur les traces des mystérieux janissaires...

    Le complot des janissaires
  3. 2

    Snake Stone

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,1(10)Évaluer

    Lefevre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is commissioned to find out more about him. But when Lefevre's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out that there is only one suspect: Yashim himself.

    Snake Stone
  4. 2

    The Snake Stone

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,7(94)Évaluer

    "When a French archaeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the local Greek communities are uncertain how to react; the man seems dangerously well-informed. Yashim Togalu, who so brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in The Janissary Tree, is once again enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologist's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself." "Yashim finds himself racing against time once again, to clear his name and uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, encountering along the way such vibrant characters as Lord Byron's doctor and the sultan's West Indies-born mother, the valide. Never has the age-old fight between Christianity and Islam taken place amid such thrilling intrigue. Armed only with a unique sixteenth-century tome, the dashing eunuch ushers us into a high-stakes world of betrayal, death, and exhilarating mystery."--Jacket

    The Snake Stone
  5. 3

    The Bellini Card

    • 306pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    3,7(57)Évaluer

    Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . .

    The Bellini Card
  6. 4

    An Evil Eye

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    4,1(36)Évaluer

    When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet. Years ago, when Yashim first entered the sultan's service, Fevzi Ahmet was his mentor. Ruthless, cruel, and - in Yashim's eyes - ultimately ineffective, he is the only man who makes him afraid. And now Yashim must confront the secret that Fevzi Pasha has been keeping all these years, a secret whose roots lie deep in the tortured atmosphere of the sultan's harem, where normal rules are suspended, and women can simply disappear. Once again, Yashim and his friends encounter treachery and politics, played out against the backdrop of 1840s Istanbul.

    An Evil Eye
  7. 5

    The Baklava Club

    • 288pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    3,8(18)Évaluer

    In nineteenth-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim is convinced that the prince is alive. But he has no idea where, or who La Piuma is - and has become dangerously distracted by falling in love. As he draws closer to the prince's whereabouts and to the true identity of La Piuma, Yashim finds himself in the most treacherous situation of his career: can he rescue the prince along with his romantic dreams? Jason Goodwin's bestselling 'Yashim' series has been published across the globe and received huge critical acclaim. In The Baklava Club, Goodwin takes Yashim on an adventure like no other, through the stylish, sensual world of Ottoman Istanbul.

    The Baklava Club