The Bellini Card  (#3 in Yashim the Ottoman series)
by Jason Goodwin
2008 / 304 pages
read by Steven Hove 10h 24m
Rating B+/ historical crime

In the mid-15th century a Turkish sultan named Mehmed conquered Constantinople and much of the rest of the area .  In 1480  Gentile Bellini the Venetian painted his portrait while visiting the area in a diplomatic effort between the two cities. The portrait stayed with the Sultan but after several years it went missing.

The working hypothesis is that perhaps Bellini’s painting has turned up in Venice – it’ said to >>>>MORE>>>>