Akunin B.
The Coronation
Автор: | Akunin B. |
Издательство: | Phoenix |
Серия: | An Erast Fandorin Mystery |
ISBN: | 0-7538-2696-8 |
995.00 руб.
Аннотация
Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow
for the coronation, accompanied by three of his
children and their alluring governess, Mademoiselle
Declique. During an afternoon stroll, daughter
Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be
rescued by an elegant gentleman and his oriental
sidekick. The passing heroes introduce themselves
as Fandorin and Masa, but panic ensues when they
realise that four-year old Mikhail has been
snatched in the confusion. A ransom letter arrives
from Dr Lind, an international criminal and the
Moriarty to Fandorin's Sherlock Holmes. The letter
demands the handover of the Count Orlov, an
enormous diamond on the royal sceptre which is due
to play a part in the coronation. Fandorin suggests
that the value of the stone is paid in
'installments', buying the party a week to ensure
the young boy's safe return. But can the gentleman
detective find Mikhail in time, or will the Grand
Duke's son meet with the same gruesome fate as
Lind's last abductee - whom Fandorin could do
nothing to save? Will Fandorin succumb to the
affections of Xenia? And why is he falling to his
death on the very first page?Our inimitable hero
returns in a tantalisingly closely-matched battle
of wills and of wiles.
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