It is always good to meet a character that you feel is a friend, so I really enjoyed going back to renew my acquaintance with Yashim, the eunuch. This is the first novel in which he appears. The plot is wonderfully convoluted; the characters varied and the setting, Istanbul at the close of the Ottoman Empire, richly detailed in social detail and history. I shall certainly read more.
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 62 Autumn 2011 ) |
