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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Goodwin, Jason, 1964–
The janissary tree / Jason Goodwin.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42613-3
ISBN-10: 0-312-42613-5
1. Eunuchs—Fiction. 2. Police—Turkey—Istanbul—Fiction.
3. Favorites, Royal—Fiction. 4. Istanbul (Turkey)—Courts and courtiers—
Fiction. 5. Istanbul (Turkey)—History—19th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3607.O59227J36 2006
813'.6—dc22
2005027228
First published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
First Picador Edition: June 2007
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