Turkish Gambit. Erast Fandorin 2

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 230 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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. Captured by the Turks, he wins his freedom in a game of backgammon, before finding himself the unlikely rescuer of Varvara Suvorova - a progressive Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fiance. Fandorins efforts to steer clear of affairs of state are thwarted when a traitor is discovered within the Russian camp. Within days, Varvaras fiance has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the horizon, and there are rumours that one of Lady Astairs Azazel orphans may be making his own bid for power. 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 in the third sparkling page-turner from Boris Akunin. Akunin...seems able to carry off whatever detective genre he turns to, and makes no bones about incorporating his diverse knowledge into his books plots. The result is a barnstorming success. Time Out

ISBN: 9780297645511