{"product_id":"9780571352951-nights-of-plague","title":"Nights of Plague","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A masterpiece of evocation' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic and playful mystery of passion, fear, scandal and murder, from one of history's master storytellers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Orhan Pamuk is the sort of writer for whom the Nobel Prize was invented.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pamuk is the real thing.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's finest living writers.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading for our times.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Everyone should read Pamuk.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1901. Night draws in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the stealth of a spy vessel, the royal ship \u003ci\u003eAziziye\u003c\/i\u003e approaches the famous island vistas of Mingheria, the twenty-ninth state of the ailing Ottoman Empire. The ship carries Princess Pakize, the daughter of a deposed sultan, her doctor husband, and the Royal Chemist, Bonkowski Pasha. Not all of them will survive the weeks ahead. There are rumours of plague - rumours some in power will try to suppress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut plague is not the only killer. Mingheria is on the cusp of catastrophe, and the future of a fragile empire is at stake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wry meditation on nationalism and identity, on history and myth, on science and superstition, delivered with Orhan Pamuk's trademark storytelling flair.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tale of spies, conspiracy and murder . full of vivid characters.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40935518339169,"sku":"9780571352951","price":11.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41100877.jpg?v=1777883010","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571352951-nights-of-plague","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}