Jason Goodwin (born 1964) is a British writer and historian. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the Following the success of A Time For Tea: Travels in China and India in Search of Tea, he walked from Poland to Istanbul. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey His account of the journey, On Foot to the Golden Horn, won the John Llewellyn Rhys/Mail on Sunday Prize 1993.
Subsequently he wrote Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Later, he became popular as the author of the mysteries The Janissary Tree and The Snake Stone, pivoting on a Turkish eunuch detective, Yashim, living in the 19th century Istanbul. The Janissary Tree won the coveted Edgar Award for Best Novel 2007 and will be available in 38 languages. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.
The third Yashim novel, The Bellini Card, will come out in the Summer of 2008.
Visit [1] www. jasongoodwin. net
Works
Yashim the Ottoman Investigator novels:
- The Janissary Tree (2006)
- The Snake Stone (2007)
and now in the same series The Bellini Card, to be published summer 08. The Janissary Tree (ISBN 9781602523425 is a detective novel written by Jason Goodwin. The Snake Stone (ISBN 9780312428020 is the second in a series of detective novels by Jason Goodwin, featuring the eunuch Yashim
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