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The Winter Thief (2010)

by Jenny White(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0393070174 (ISBN13: 9780393070170)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

series

Kamil Pasha

review 1: I've only been to Istanbul twice, but every time I pick up one of White's Kamil Pasha books I feel as if I am taken back to the ancient streets of that intriguing city. It had been quite a while since I read the first two books, but it only took the first few pages to take me back once again into the world of Kamil Pasha. While I found the story (plot ) of the first two books to be more personally interesting, this third story is written just as well as White's earlier volumes. She entwines such small historical details effortlessly into character driven stories of a world lost, the Ottoman Empire. Very good book.
review 2: The Winter Thief takes Kamil out of Istanbul and into new parts of the Ottoman Empire. It also brings in bigger political intrigue, a bit... more of a faster pace and a bigger bang than the first two Kamil Pasha novels. As I've said in my other reviews I like how Kamil is modern, yet still seems to fit perfectly with his 19th century surroundings. He's honourable, almost to a fault, and both enjoys and feels constrained by the formalities of Ottoman customs and his position in society. Some reviewers do not enjoy the amount of historical detail, but I find it to be one of the strengths of this series, and what drew me to it in the first place. less

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