The Coronation by Boris Akunin
Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow for the coronation, accompanied by three of his children and their alluring governess, Mademoiselle Declique. During an afternoon stroll, daughter Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be rescued by an elegant gentleman and his oriental sidekick. The passing heroes introduce themselves as Fandorin and Masa, but panic ensues when they realise that four-year old Mikhail has been snatched in the confusion. A ransom letter arrives from Dr Lind, an international criminal and the Moriarty to Fandorin's Sherlock Holmes. The letter demands the handover of the Count Orlov, an enormous diamond on the royal sceptre which is due to play a part in the coronation. Fandorin suggests that the value of the stone is paid in 'installments', buying the party a week to ensure the young boy's safe return. But can the gentleman detective find Mikhail in time, or will the Grand Duke's son meet with the same gruesome fate as Lind's last abductee - whom Fandorin could do nothing to save? Will Fandorin succumb to the affections of Xenia? And why is he falling to his death on the very first page? Our inimitable hero returns in a tantalisingly closely-matched battle of wills and of wiles.
"Fandorin is there to provide the solution, rescue the missing child and - in common with the reader - have a lot of fun" -- Marcel Berlins THE TIMES "Erast Petrovich lives to fight another day, and for his many aficionados that can only be a good thing" -- Simon Akan NEW STATESMAN "a novel as crammed with delights as the Tsarina's jewel box" -- Jake Kerridge DAILY TELEGRAPH Akunin's brilliance lies in taking the elements of a classic detective story and imbuing them with a poignant emotional complexity" -- Joan Smith SUNDAY TIMES
Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili. He has been compared to Gogol, Tolstoy and Conan Doyle, and his Erast Fandorin books have sold over eighteen million copies in Russia alone. He lives in Moscow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297848240 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297848240 |
| Title | The Coronation |
| Author | Boris Akunin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2009-02-12 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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