El Brillo de la Seda (Hardcover)

from willowwaw

This is the first book of Anne Perry's that I have read and I have to say I enjoyed it and will be reading others of hers in the future. I found the novel to be very interesting with its taste of Byzantium culture and historical merit while involving mystery and romance. Some parts of the novel d...

from Limelite

Audio review. Plucky Anna Zarides, trained in herbal medicine, arrives in Constantinople in 1272 in an attempt to discover who killed Bessarion Comnenos, the man her twin brother, Justinian, is falsely exiled for having murdered. In order to accomplish her task and to move freely about the city, ...

from Travis1259

I've always been a big fan of Anne Perry. And, over the years have enjoyed her Victorian mysteries. They never disappoint me. But, I did think it was a stretch and a gamble for her to tackle the 13th century, and most importantly Constantinople. But, she did piull it off. And portrayed the mystiq...

from herbcat

A really interesting book, this novel delves into far more than the superficial plot. In the year 1270, a young lady decides she must go to Constantinople to search for her twin brother, She has a trade, medicine, trained by their father, a well known doctor and decides to go dressed as a man to ...

from sleahey

The perfect book for me to read while I was in Istanbul and exploring the mosques and churches, this novel gave me a historical framework for all the sights I was seeing. Plus, the suspense of solving the murders, the division between the Roman church and Greek Orthodoxy, and the budding romance ...