The Winter Queen: Erast Fandorin 1: An Erast Fandorin Mystery 1 (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)

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2003
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This is the first book featuring Erast Fandorin, a gentleman sleuth who solves murders and mysteries in tsarist Russia. A 23-year-old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. Fandorin is put on the case to find out what drove him to it, a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of a rich and influential factory owner. The story is enhanced by its authentic backdrop of nineteenth-century Russia. After all, it's difficult to keep your mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops. Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th century' and Akunin has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle. The UK publication of these books marks the arrival of a startling new voice in the thriller marketplace.

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This is the first book featuring Erast Fandorin, a gentleman sleuth who solves murders and mysteries in tsarist Russia. A 23-year-old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. Fandorin is put on the case to find out what drove him to it, a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of a rich and influential factory owner. The story is enhanced by its authentic backdrop of nineteenth-century Russia. After all, it's difficult to keep your mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops. Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th century' and Akunin has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle. The UK publication of these books marks the arrival of a startling new voice in the thriller marketplace.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: W&N
Published: 01 May 2003
ISBN 10: 0297829742
ISBN 13: 9780297829744
Book Overview: Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin thrillers have sold over three million copies in Russia Set in 19th century Russia this is a pageturning blend of crime thriller and historical whodunit The first in a ten book series Rights sold in 22 countries Film rights sold to Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct)

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The year is 1876 and the setting Moscow. A law student aged 23 commits suicide in the Alexander Gardens, having accosted a young woman who turns on him, whereupon he shoots himself, having spun the revolver's chambers first in a form of Russian roulette. Erast Fandorin, a clever young detective, is assigned to the case and discovers that the young man who shot himself was the son of an influential industrialist. Fandorin's investigation leads him to Berlin and St Petersburg as he unravels a major conspiracy. The first in a multi-book series, this is a gripping crime story with an authentic background.

Author Bio

Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He translated Japanese texts before the worldwide success of his Fandorin series. He lives in Moscow.