About the AuthorJenny White is a tenured professor of anthropology at Boston University, specializing in Turkish studies. She's written monographs on 20th-century politics and has been studying the Islamic party that recently won the elections in Turkey. Her book on that party became required reading in the State Department. She started writing THE SULTAN'S SEAL because she wanted to do something fun.Jenny WhiteISBN-10:0297852574ISBN-13:978-0297852575Paperback:384 pagesProduct Dimensions:15.3 x 2.7 x 23.3 cmPublisher:Weidenfeld & Nicolson (9 March 2006)Language:English