The Rage of the Vulture

It is May 1908 and the Ottoman world is crumbling. Robert Markham, an Englishman in Constantinople, is newly posted to the British legation with his imperious wife and overly curious son. Markham's hidden life is about to make itself known as he forgets familial and patriotic ties in order to absolve a deep-seated guilt. Twelve years before, he had been involved with an Armenian woman. On the evening of their engagement, the Armenian massacres erupted. Saved by his British citizenship, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his fiancee. Amid the breakdown of the Turkish empire, he now seeks revenge.

Author: Barry Unsworth
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/1995
Pages: 446
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.48w x 1.09d
ISBN13: 9780393313086
ISBN10: 0393313085
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General