The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels)W. W. Norton & Company, 16.03.2009 - 400 Seiten "An immensely enjoyable read, richly textured and wonderfully atmospheric."—Sarah Graves Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. Four hundred years later, magistrate Kamil Pasha is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches and a series of murders in which the bodies bear the same distinctive mark. Sources lead Kamil to a hidden sect descended from Abyssinian slaves living in an abandoned cistern in Istanbul's gritty underworld. The reemergence of the forgotten reliquary sets off a brutal race between those sworn to protect it and those who will stop at nothing to gain its explosive secret. |
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... stood , a lake of water receded into the darkness , rocking shards of light from his torch - water born in the mountains and brought overland by the aqueduct to serve the monastery . He checked to make sure the rowboats were there ...
... stood , a lake of water receded into the darkness , rocking shards of light from his torch - water born in the mountains and brought overland by the aqueduct to serve the monastery . He checked to make sure the rowboats were there ...
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... stood an angel with pow- erful wings , her right hand resting protectively on his shoulder . The angel was weeping . The Greek inscription read , “ Behold the Proof of Chora , Container of the Uncontainable . " " Why is the angel crying ...
... stood an angel with pow- erful wings , her right hand resting protectively on his shoulder . The angel was weeping . The Greek inscription read , “ Behold the Proof of Chora , Container of the Uncontainable . " " Why is the angel crying ...
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... protect us now. He cocked his head and listened, as if the sound of an invasion could penetrate the stone walls and soil that separated him from the besieged city . Michael stood beside him , also listening The Abyssinian Proof • 17 •
... protect us now. He cocked his head and listened, as if the sound of an invasion could penetrate the stone walls and soil that separated him from the besieged city . Michael stood beside him , also listening The Abyssinian Proof • 17 •
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Jenny White. besieged city . Michael stood beside him , also listening , a stricken look on his face . Isaak went back to the reliquary . He reached down and brushed his fingertips over his ancestor's face in farewell , silently begging ...
Jenny White. besieged city . Michael stood beside him , also listening , a stricken look on his face . Isaak went back to the reliquary . He reached down and brushed his fingertips over his ancestor's face in farewell , silently begging ...
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... stood in the doorway balancing a glass of tea on a tray . " No word yet . " " What's taking them so long ? " Kamil complained as he picked up the files from the floor and stacked them on his desk . He stopped for a moment to examine a ...
... stood in the doorway balancing a glass of tea on a tray . " No word yet . " " What's taking them so long ? " Kamil complained as he picked up the files from the floor and stacked them on his desk . He stopped for a moment to examine a ...
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Abdullah Allah Amida Balkis Balkis's believe börek Byzantine caretaker Charshamba chest cigarette cistern Courtidis dark divan door Elif Elif's eyes face Fatih Fatih Mosque feet felt Feride fingers floor glass Gudit Habesh hamam Hamdi Bey hand Hanoum heard Huseyin imam inside Isaak Ismail Hodja Istanbul jacket Kamil asked Kamil Pasha Kamil saw Kamil thought Kamil took Kamil turned Kamil wondered Kapanou Kariye Mosque killed knew knife Kubalou lamp laughed leaned Magistrate Melisites midwife Mimoza monstrance mother Muslim never night Nizam Pasha nodded Omar Ottoman Owen police policeman prayer priestess Proof Proof of God pulled pushed reliquary remembered Remzi Saba Saba's servant shook his head shoulder sitting smile someone stolen stood Sunken Village sure tell Theodore Metochites There's thing told tunnel Uncle Malik voice waited walked wall watched woman Yakup young