{"product_id":"9781035811199-istanbul-ring","title":"The Istanbul Ring","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a gripping tale spanning seven decades and three continents, the story of a strange ring unfolds and with it the story of the people whose lives will be irrevocably changed by owning it. The mystery begins with the unsolved murder of historian Dr Charles Gibson at his home in Edinburgh. Meanwhile, two thousand miles away in Rome, a passionate love affair ends in ignominious dismissal for former British diplomat Angharad Wilson when her lover is exposed as a field operative for the Iranian Intelligence Services.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExonerated from a potential charge of treason but not reinstated Angharad is unemployed. Caught in the lining of a coat she buys from a charity shop she finds an ugly but clearly valuable gold ring. Her search for the owner will take her from Edinburgh's New Town to Istanbul. It will set her on the trail of former Waffen SS Officer Hans Peter von Seidel, wanted for major war crimes, but forced out of hiding in a desperate attempt to retrieve the ring; and to her final, terrifying encounter with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003eJ.T. Fernie is the pen name of Moira Macfarlane, British \u003cbr\u003eConsul in Florence for eight years and briefly Acting Director \u003cbr\u003eof the British Institute of Florence. Her early love of telling \u003cbr\u003estories led her first into teaching, then as an HMI with the \u003cbr\u003eformer Scottish Office Education Department. Her love of \u003cbr\u003etravel and literature enlivened the stories she told to children \u003cbr\u003eand friends, allowing free rein to her imagination-a freedom \u003cbr\u003edenied in writing educational reports for publication. \u003cbr\u003eMoira returned to Scotland when she retired and, encouraged \u003cbr\u003eby her children and happily distracted by her grandchildren, \u003cbr\u003ebegan writing fiction. The Istanbul Ring is her first novel. Read more Continue reading Read less\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41147981201505,"sku":"9781035811199","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_20820795.jpg?v=1708508789","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035811199-istanbul-ring","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}