The Janissary Tree (ISBN 9781602523425) is a detective novel, written by Jason Goodwin. Jason Goodwin (born 1964 is a British writer and historian He studied Byzantine history at Cambridge University. It set in Istanbul in 1836. Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The first in a series featuring the eunuch detective Yashim, it deals with the fictional aftermath of a real event in Ottoman history - the so-called Auspicious Event, which took place in June, 1826. The Auspicious Incident (or Event) (in Turkish Vaka-i Hayriye; in Balkans known as Vaka-i Şerriye Unfortunate Incident was the forced disbandment The Janissary Tree won an Edgar Award for Best Novel 2007. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America.