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Turkish Gambit
Boris Akunin

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Turkish Gambit

Phoenix (5 Oct 2005)
9780753819999
| Paperback
288 pages | 127 x 196 mm | English
$ 6.99 | Value: $ 6.99
Dewey 891.735

Genre

  • Detective And Mystery Stories

Subject

  • Fandorin, Erast (Fictitious Character) - Fiction
  • Private Investigators - Fiction. - Russia (Federation)
  • Russia - History - Fiction

Plot

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. 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.