Jason Goodwin (4 knihy)
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Jason Goodwin Strom janičiarov
Príbeh plný napätia a zvratov, kde sa na začiatku objaví mŕtve dievča, nás privádza do Istanbulu tridsiatych rokov 19. storočia, do čias, keď sa Osmanská ríša ocitla na prahu novej éry. Symboly tej starej miznú alebo upadajú do nemilosti, iné prežívajú. Tajne i verejne. Patria k nim aj janičiari, kedysi neohrození sultánovi vojaci, časom sa však stali neovládateľnými a nevyspytateľnými. Za stenami sultánovho paláca…
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Jason Goodwin The Baklava Club EN
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…
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Jason Goodwin The Janissary Tree EN
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, the eunuch 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…
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