'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' Daily Telegraph

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An epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.

1901. Night draws in.

With the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship Aziziye approaches the famous vistas of...