Edition:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780571239924
Published:
03.07.2008
No of pages:
320
Other Editions: Paperback
The Bellini Card
Jason Goodwin
The third book in Jason Goodwin’s celebrated series takes Yashim from the winding alleyways of Istanbul to the decaying grandeur of Venice.
Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, he enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - self-made men, faded aristocrats and the hedonistic Contessa. But when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business. And meanwhile, what has happened to Yashim?
The Bellini Card is a thrilling adventure in which a quest for a lost painting turns into dangerous game of cat and mouse that threatens to destroy the Ottoman throne and overturn the balance of power in Europe.
Tags
Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
Crime & Thrillers
Places:
Istanbul;
Venice
Genres & Themes:
Detectives;
Murder Mystery;
Art
Characters:
Yashim the Eunuch
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Jason Goodwin
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Jason Goodwin
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