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by Katie Hickman · Garzanti · tapa blanda · 407 pages
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Ambientada entre la Oxford contemporánea y la majestuosa Constantinopla de 1599, esta novela histórica sigue a Elizabeth Staveley, quien descubre un fragmento de pergamino de cuatrocientos años oculto en un antiguo libro de astronomía. El manuscrito revela una historia prohibida que transporta al lector a los barrios secretos de Estambul durante el apogeo del Imperio Otomano. En el siglo XVI, mientras potencias europeas compiten por el favor del sultán, el mercader Paul Pindar llega en una misión diplomática para entregar un extraordinario reloj musical. Sin embargo, su atención se desvía hacia los misterios del harén y una voz del pasado que se niega a ser silenciada. Una narrativa cautivadora que entrelaza el suspense histórico con la riqueza cultural de Oriente.
Katie Hickman is an English novelist, historian and travel writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand to the diplomat and author John Kyrle Hickman and Jennifer Olive (Love) Hickman. She is the author of ten books, including two best-selling history books, which between them have sold more than a quarter of a million copies worldwide. Her travel book A Trip to the Light Fantastic was one of The Independent's Books of the Year (1993) and was short-listed for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award (1994). Her fiction works have earned a nomination for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award and her trilogy of historical novels The Aviary Gate (2008), The Pindar Diamond (2011) and The House at Bishopsgate (2016) have been translated into 20 languages. She is featured in the Oxford University Press guide to women travellers, Wayward Women.
