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THE WINTER QUEEN [Award Nominee]
by Akunin, Boris
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0297829742
- ISBN 13
- 9780297829744
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About This Item
London, Kent, United Kingdom: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2003. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Already out of print! A GOLD DAGGER AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. Receiving much interest is this debut of gentleman sleuth Erast Fandorin, "the 19th-century James Bond" who solves mysteries in Tsarist Russia. Comparisons with Tolstoy and Conan Doyle. A 23 year old law student has committed suicide in Moscow. Fandorin has to find out what drove him to it but the case deeepns as he discovers that the young man was the son of a rich, influential factory owner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Nominee.
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
- Murder By The Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013711
- Title
- THE WINTER QUEEN [Award Nominee]
- Author
- Akunin, Boris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0297829742
- ISBN 13
- 9780297829744
- Publisher
- George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, Kent, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- AWARD NOMINEE, FICTION MYSTERY, RUSSIA, HISTORICAL, BRITISH EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russia;
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