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The Winter Queen
by Akunin, Boris
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400060494
- ISBN 13
- 9781400060498
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 245 pages. First US Edition. Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili and his Erast Fandorin novels have achieved great success in Russia and this is his first American publication. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. Second impression. In Moscow in 1876 a 23 year old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Alexander Gardens, and Erast Fandorin, the brilliant, young and gifted detective is put on the case - a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of an influential industrialist and has left considerable assets. Fandorin's fearless investigation takes him from Moscow to Berlin and London, via St. Petersburg, as the suicide reveals a worldwide conspiracy. 22. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police thinks, but still he finds it curious enough to send the newest member of the division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to the Alexander Gardens precinct for more information. Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this is an open-and-shut case, nor with the preliminary detective work the precinct has done--and for good reason: The bizarre and tragic suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin. There are many unresolved questions. Why, for instance, have both victims left their fortunes to an orphanage run by the English Lady Astair? And who is the beautiful "A.B.," whose signed photograph is found in the apparent suicide's apartment? Relying on his keen intuition, the eager sleuth plunges into an investigation that leads him across Europe, landing him at the deadly center of a terrorist conspiracy of worldwide proportions.In this thrilling mystery that brings nineteenth-century Russia to vivid life, Akunin has created one of the most eagerly anticipated novels in years.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011108
- Title
- The Winter Queen
- Author
- Akunin, Boris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1400060494
- ISBN 13
- 9781400060498
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- RUSSIAN AUTHORS, ERAST FANDORIN, 19TH CENTURY RUSSIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Authors;
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