Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady
Registered by Annimanni of Espoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 7/1/2014
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From the back:
"The second in the delightfully witty and diverting new crime series set in Tsarist Russia from the award-winning Michael Pearce.
A dreamy province of Tsarist Russia. An ambitious young lawyer of Scottish-Russian descent anxious to make his way. And the One-Legged Lady goes missing. A nasty case of kidnapping? Not quite, for the One-Legged Lady is just the popular name of one of the most important ikons in the district. Exactly how important, the sceptical Dmitri, whose task it is to track her down, comes to see.
Who has taken her and for what reason? Is it someone interested in adding to his art collection? Is it, as some darkly suggest, just the monastery cashing in on its assets? Or has it something to do with a wave of popular feeling at a time of famine? The sinister Volkov, from the Tsar’s Corps of Gendarmes, suspects the latter – which means trouble for some innocent people unless Dmitri gets there first!
Dmitri finds, to his surprise, that the ikon, which he had taken merely as an irrelevant relic from the past, raises some awkward issues about the present and that the One-Legged Lady is very much alive and kicking."
"The second in the delightfully witty and diverting new crime series set in Tsarist Russia from the award-winning Michael Pearce.
A dreamy province of Tsarist Russia. An ambitious young lawyer of Scottish-Russian descent anxious to make his way. And the One-Legged Lady goes missing. A nasty case of kidnapping? Not quite, for the One-Legged Lady is just the popular name of one of the most important ikons in the district. Exactly how important, the sceptical Dmitri, whose task it is to track her down, comes to see.
Who has taken her and for what reason? Is it someone interested in adding to his art collection? Is it, as some darkly suggest, just the monastery cashing in on its assets? Or has it something to do with a wave of popular feeling at a time of famine? The sinister Volkov, from the Tsar’s Corps of Gendarmes, suspects the latter – which means trouble for some innocent people unless Dmitri gets there first!
Dmitri finds, to his surprise, that the ikon, which he had taken merely as an irrelevant relic from the past, raises some awkward issues about the present and that the One-Legged Lady is very much alive and kicking."
Quite an entertaining read set in Tsarist Russia.
Thank you for the book, Annimanni!
Journal Entry 4 by Annelis at -- Somewhere in Scotland in — Somewhere in Scotland 🤷♀️, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Released 9 mos ago (6/16/2023 UTC) at -- Somewhere in Scotland in — Somewhere in Scotland 🤷♀️, Scotland United Kingdom
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Happy reading!
Taken at the post-convention meet-up in Edinburgh.
Very pleasant to read. Snow, monks, starving peasants, and a miraculous icon. Read during my fabulous holidays in Western Australia. Will be shortly released.
Journal Entry 7 by Indy2012 at The White Elephant in Margaret River, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, February 1, 2024
Released 1 mo ago (2/1/2024 UTC) at The White Elephant in Margaret River, Western Australia Australia
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Here is a book which travelled a lot. Last time, from France to Australia. Enjoy !
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Voilà ce qui est génial dans le bookcrossing : on découvre des livres devant lesquels on aurait pu passer sans s'arrêter, et c'est magique.
Et donc, bienvenue à toi, nouveau lecteur qui a découvert celui-ci !
Merci de t'être connecté sur ce site. N'hésite pas à t'inscrire (sous un pseudo), c'est totalement gratuit et anonyme. Aucun spam non plus. Juste un grand plaisir : suivre le voyage des livres en liberté.
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