New Releases by JASON GOODWIN

JASON GOODWIN is the author of El Árbol de los Jenízaros (2008), The Snake Stone (2008), The Janissary Tree (2008), La serpiente de piedra (2008), Le complot des janissaires (2008).

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El Árbol de los Jenízaros

release date: Oct 01, 2008
El Árbol de los Jenízaros
Estambul, 1836. El misterioso asesinato de cuatro soldados de la Nueva Guardia amenaza con romper el frágil equilibrio del poder de la corte. Todos los indicios apuntan a los jenízaros: durante cuatrocientos años fueron los soldados de élite del Imperio otomano, pero se hicieron tan poderosos que el Sultán decidió eliminarlos. ¿Estarán organizando su brutal regreso? Una conseguida fusión de novela histórica y novela de detectives ambientada en la exótica Turquía del siglo XIX.

The Snake Stone

release date: Sep 30, 2008
The Snake Stone
The captivating return of Yashim, the eunuch investigator from the intelligent, elliptical and beguilingly written" (The Times, London) bestseller The Janissary Tree 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. The New York Times celebrated The Janissary Tree as "the perfect escapist mystery," and The Daily Telegraph called it "[A] tremendous first novel . . . Beautifully written, perfectly judged, humane, witty and captivating." With The Snake Stone, Jason Goodwin delights us with another transporting romp through the back streets of nineteenth-century Istanbul. Yashim finds himself racing against time once again, to 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. Armed only with a unique sixteenth-century book, the dashing eunuch leads us into a world where the stakes are high, betrayal is death—and the pleasure to the reader is immense.

The Janissary Tree

release date: Jun 01, 2008
The Janissary Tree
Yashim is no ordinary detective. It''s not that he''s particularly brave. Or that he cooks so well, or reads French novels. Not even that his best friend is the Ambassador from Poland, whose country has vanished off the map. Yashim is a eunuch.

La serpiente de piedra

release date: Apr 01, 2008

Le complot des janissaires

release date: Mar 20, 2008
Le complot des janissaires
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

Drvo janičara

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Drvo janičara
Krimi fra Istanbul, hvor en af sultanens unge haremskvinder bliver myrdet i 1836. Sultanen tilkalder den belæste eunuk Yashim, der skal opklare forbrydelsen.

Ormstenens gåta

release date: Jan 01, 2008

Von Danzig bis nach Istanbul

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Von Danzig bis nach Istanbul
1990 machen sich 3 junge Leute auf einen 3.000 km langen Fussmarsch durch ein Europa, dessen mentale und politische Karte zu diesem Zeitpunkt neu vermessen wurde.

Slangesøylen

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Slangesøylen
Vi befinner oss i 1838. Den franske arkeologen Maximilien Lefévre er i Istanbul for å lete etter en forsvunnet bysantisk skatt. Evnukken Yashim bestemmer seg for å finne ut hvem Lefévre egentlig er og hva han egentlig har å gjøre i byen. En dag blir arkeologen funnet brutalt drept, og Yashim mistenkes for mordet. Dette er den andre frittstående boken om krimhelten Yashim. Den første, "Vaktenes tre", kom i 2007.

Le complot des Janissaires

release date: Mar 08, 2007
Le complot des Janissaires
Au cœur de l''Empire ottoman en 1836, une série de meurtres menace le fragile équilibre du pouvoir. Une concubine est étranglée dans le harem du palais et un jeune officier est retrouvé assassiné dans les rues d''Istanbul. Hachim, un détective peu ordinaire - c''est un eunuque -, connu pour sa rare intelligence et sa discrétion, va mener l''enquête pour trouver le coupable. Il nous guide à travers les luxueux sérails du palais et les rues grouillantes de la cité, et s''appuie tour à tour sur un ambassadeur polonais grincheux, un danseur transsexuel et une reine créole native des îles. Et surtout il nous introduit dans le cercle très fermé des Janissaires, auxquels le sultan a fini par enlever tout pouvoir. Mais les Janissaires ne seraient-ils pas en train d''échafauder le plan d''un retentissant retour ? Ce polar historique marque l''entrée remarquée du jeune historien Jason Goodwin dans le domaine romanesque. Ce livre est le premier d''une série d''enquêtes menées par Hachim. le détective ottoman.

Drevo janičarjev

release date: Jan 01, 2007

L'arbre dels geníssers

release date: Jan 01, 2007
L'arbre dels geníssers
Istanbul, any 1836. Europa està en vies de modernitzar-se i l’Imperi otomà es veu obligat a seguir-ne exemple. Tanmateix, just en el moment en què el sultà planifica una sèrie de reformes radicals per evitar l’enrunament de l’Imperi, quatre assassinats amenacen el delicat equilibri de poder a la cort. Només Yashim Togalu, un insòlit investigador, és capaç de descobrir-ne els autors. Home brillant, amant de la cuina i de les novel•les franceses, té la rara qualitat de passar desapercebut fins i tot en l’intrigant i delicat ambient de l’harem, ja que... és un eunuc. Endinsant-se en els carrerons estrets i tortuosos de la ciutat, flairant-ne les olors, i encara més en el seu passat tumultuós, Yashim descobreix que algunes persones estan disposades a fer el que calgui per preservar les tradicions de l’Imperi otomà.

Janitshartræet

release date: Jan 01, 2007

Strom janičárů

release date: Jan 01, 2007

Vaktenes tre

release date: Jan 01, 2007
Vaktenes tre
Boken er den første i en serie som tar oss med til det osmanske riket i 1830-årenes Istanbul. Vi stifter bekjentskap med den sjarmerende detektiven Yashim, som har fri tilgang til haremet. Han er nemlig evnukk, og fra kastrerte menn har man som kjent ingenting å frykte... Yashim nyter sultanens fulle tillit også når han blir tilkalt for å oppklare fire brutale mord som har rammet Istanbul. Den skarpe observatøren starter med en rekke hypoteser og jakter på sannheten ved hjelp av eliminasjonsmetoden. Det viser seg at en hatets brann ulmer i Istanbul, en brann næret av 2000 års renkespill og falskhet. Forfatteren er historiker og kjenner Tyrkias historie spesielt godt.

De brand van Istanbul

release date: Jan 01, 2006
De brand van Istanbul
In 1836 jaagt een reeks moorden de bewoners van Istanbul en het hof van de sultan schrik aan. De eunuch detective Yashim Togalu onderzoekt de moorden; zijn zoektocht leidt hem naar de janitsaren, de voormalige elitetroepen van de sultan.

Janitšaride puu

release date: Jan 01, 2006

To sarai tēs Valide

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Copacul ienicerilor

release date: Jan 01, 2006

Greenback

release date: Jan 01, 2004
Greenback
With the wry and admiring eye of a modern Tocqueville, Jason Goodwin gives us a biography of the dollar and the story of its astonishing career through the wilds of American history. Looking at the dollar over the years as a form of art, a kind of advertising, and a reflection of American attitudes, Goodwin delves into folklore and the development of printing, investigates wildcats and counterfeiters, explains why a buck is a buck and how Dixie got its name. Bringing together an array of quirky detail and often hilarious anecdote, Goodwin tells the story of America through its most beloved product.

Los señores del horizonte

release date: Jan 01, 2004
Los señores del horizonte
Rival del España durante siglos por la hegemonía en el Mediterráneo y tan mentado como poco conocido, el Imperio otomano llegó a extenderse desde Arabia hasta el Danubio y desde el Mar Negro hasta el Magreb. Dentro de sus fronteras convivieron pueblos de cultura muy diferente griegos, albaneses, kúrdos, tártaros, árabes... que conservaron sus características definitorias. Todos ellos, con sus tradiciones, costumbres y supersticiones, desfilan por esta obra de Jason Goodwin compartiendo páginas con la magnificencia de Solimán el Magnífico, la pulcritud de la burocracia otomana, el terror que sus ejércitos provocaban entre sus enemigos, las extravagancias de los jenízaros y de no pocos sultanes, las intrigas del serrallo, el desarrollo de ciudades como Salónica centro destacado de la comunidad sefardí Sarajevo, Belgrado, Ragusa y, por supuesto, Estambul, en una panorámica histórica completa del mosaíco étnico, cultural y religioso que fue el dominio de Los Señores del Horizonte.

On Foot to the Golden Horn

release date: Jan 01, 2003

Otis

release date: Jan 01, 2001
Otis
Elisha Graves Otis invented the safe elevator almost by accident. In doing so he made possible the construction of the skyscraper and laid the technical foundation for dynamic urban centers around the world.

Ufukların efendisi Osmanlılar

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Ufukların efendisi Osmanlılar
A history of the Ottoman Turks, founders of an empire lasting 600 years and stretching from the Persian Gulf to Hungary, to Algeria. The author describes the harems, the artistic and technological achievements--the cannon was first used by them in the siege of Constantinople--and the religious tolerance to which he attributes the empire''s longevity.

Seafaring Spirit of Yorkshire

release date: Jan 01, 1998

Chemins de traverse

release date: Jan 01, 1995

A Time for Tea

release date: Jan 01, 1991
A Time for Tea
Goodwin traces the origin of "cha", or tea, from its beginnings in Canton factories through the Opium Wars and the settlement of British India, in this personal journey throught the serpentine history of the tea trade. "An exceptional travel book but also a lively, humorous account of the refreshing herb, from bush to teacup".--The London Observer.

The Gunpowder Gardens

release date: Jan 01, 1990
The Gunpowder Gardens
Full Of Brilliantly Observed Details, This Book Evokes Past And Present With Lively Scope Of Ironies Of History, Following The Tea Trade From Its Origins In The Canton Factories Through The Opium Wars And The Settement Of British India, When Planters Were Also Empire Builders, To Its Influence On The Present Day.
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