Turkish Gambit (OME)

Turkish Gambit (OME)

by Boris Akunin (Author)

Synopsis

The Russo-Turkish war is at a critical juncture, and Erast Fandorin, broken-hearted and disillusioned, has gone to the front in an attempt to forget his sorrows. But Fandorin's efforts to steer clear of trouble are thwarted when he comes to the aid of Varvara Suvorova - a 'progressive' Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fiance. Within days, Varvara's fiance has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the horizon, and there are rumours of a Turkish spy hiding within their own camp. Our reluctant gentleman sleuth will need to resurrect all of his dormant powers of detection if he is to unmask the traitor, help the Russians to victory and smooth the path of young love.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Open Market Ed
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Jul 2005

ISBN 10: 0753819198
ISBN 13: 9780753819197
Book Overview: Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin series is growing in sales with each new book. The first in the series, The Winter Queen has sold over 50,000 in paperback and Murder on the Leviathan has already equalled those figures This series has the enormous potential of the Number One Ladies Detective agency books of Alexander McCall Smith 'A tale of derring-do, full of sieges, ambushes and cavalry charges' TLS 'What Akunin's books have in common is charm, elegant writing, abundant wit - and Erast Fandorin...He is a delightful character like no other in crime fiction' The Times 'Probably the best so far...sheer swashbuckling frenzy, perhaps in the style of George MacDonald Fraser...great fun' Time Out 'This is the 19th century evoked in all its absurdity, but also in the knowledge that it is a fragile world whose inflexible certainties will soon be shattered' Sunday Times

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.