The Eunuch of Stamboul

1935 novel

The Eunuch of Stamboul

First edition

Author| Dennis Wheatley
Language| English
Genre| Spy thriller
Publisher| Hutchinson

Publication date

| 1935
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print

The Eunuch of Stamboul is a 1935 spy thriller novel by the British writer Dennis Wheatley.[1] A British army officer is forced to resign his commission to avoid a diplomatic incident. He is dispatched to Istanbul and uncovers a plot to overthrow the government of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and restore a traditionalist sultanate, led by a eunuch who serves as a senior secret policeman in the present government.[2]

## Film adaptation

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The following year it was made into a film The Secret of Stamboul, directed by Andrew Marton and starring James Mason, Valerie Hobson and Kay Walsh.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Reilly p.1468
2. ^ Tougher p.172
3. ^ Goble p.497

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
* Tougher, Shaun. The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society. Routledge, 2009.

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