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The Bellini Card

The Bellini Card

by Jason Goodwin

Publisher Faber

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Sent to investigate rumors that a stolen art masterpiece has resurfaced in Venice, eunuch detective Yashim delegates negotiations for the work's return to Polish ambassador Palewski; in an unexpectedly dangerous case with dies to the alluring Contessa d'Aspi d'Istria.

By the author of The Janissary Tree.

About the Author

Jason Goodwin

Jason Goodwin is an English writer and historian.


He studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University. Following the success of The Gunpowder Gardens or, A Time For Tea: Travels in China and India in Search of Tea, he walked from Poland to Istanbul, Turkey. His account of the journey, On Foot to the Golden Horn, won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize in 1993.


Later, he became popular as the author of a series of historical mystery novels beginning with The Janissary Tree, which pivot on the Ottoman investigator Yashim, a eunuch living in Istanbul during the 1830s-1840s. The Janissary Tree won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2007 and novels in the series have been translated into over 40 languages.

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Very good first edition, in a very good dust-jacket. Some minor yellowing and small marks on edges. This book is located in our Brighton store, and may take longer for delivery.

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