Yashim Cooks Istanbul: Culinary Adventures In The Ottoman Kitchen Av Jason Goodwin

<P><EM>Reform, Notation and Ottoman Music in Early 19<SUP>th</SUP> Century Istanbul: EUTERPE </EM>presents the first complete set of transcription and edition of <I>Euterpe</I> (1830) from Byzantine neumatic notation...

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,...

<p>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,...

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...