Part detective story, part historical epic - a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague taking over a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. 9780143796688 Nights of Plague 37.0000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers /shop/collections/curated-reading-collections/the-new-zealand-listener-best-books A new book by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake, in an epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress. Because Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe.

Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. 'An emerald build of pink stone.' The 29th state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Azizye approaches the famous vistas of Mingheria. Soon, the eyes of the world will turn to this ancient island, where the future of a fragile empire is at stake, in an epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.Ī new book by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. A new book by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed su.

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