{"product_id":"the-emperors-tomb","title":"The Emperor's Tomb","description":"\u003cp class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eIstanbul is a city built on secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eWhen archaeologist Adrian Vale receives a mysterious invitation from a Greek antiquities dealer hidden deep inside the Grand Bazaar, he is drawn into a puzzle rooted in the final days of Constantinople. At its centre lies one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of Byzantine history: the lost burial place of Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe only clue is a strange symbol on an ancient medallion — a cross within a circle, marked by uneven arms and carefully placed dots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eTogether with Laila Mercer, Julian Cross and Emrecan, a formidable local guide who knows the forgotten layers of Istanbul better than anyone, Adrian follows a trail through old inns, vanished churches, ancient walls, Genoese cellars and buried cisterns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"isselectedend\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBut in a city where every stone remembers something, some secrets were never meant to be found.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAnd some have been protected for nearly six hundred years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DMD Digital","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":66891871650096,"sku":"9789083699707","price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-emperors-tomb","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}