by Boris Akunin

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Published: May 12th 2014 / by Glagoslav Distribution / (first published 1998)
Language: Russian
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Historical Fiction- 175 users
Mystery- 118 users
Historical- 82 users
Cultural >Russia- 58 users
Mystery >Crime- 42 users
Literature >Russian Literature- 41 users

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Moscow, May 1876. What would cause a talented student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in
front of a promenading public? Decadence and boredom, it is presumed. But young sleuth Erast
Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this death is an open-and-shut case, nor with the
preliminary detective work the precinct has doneand for good reason: The bizarre and tragic
suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin himself.
Relying on his keen intuition, the eager detective plunges into an investigation that leads him
across Europe, landing him at the center of a vast conspiracy with the deadliest of implications.

About Author:

Real name - Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (see ), born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1956. Since 1958
he lives in Moscow. Writer and translator from Japanease. Author of crime stories set in tsarist
Russia. In 1998 he made his debut with novel Azazel (to English readers known as The Winter
Queen), where he created Erast Pietrovich Fandorin.
B. Akunin refers to Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin and Akuna, home name of Anna Akhmatova,
Russian poet.
In September of 2000, Akunin was named Russian Writer of the Year and won the "Antibooker"
prize in 2000 for his Erast Fandorin novel Coronation, or the last of the Romanovs.
Akunin also created crime-solving Orthodox nun, sister Pelagia, and literary genres.
His pseudonyms are and . In some Dutch editions he is also known as .

Other Editions:

- The Winter Queen (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #1)

- The Winter Queen (Paperback)

- (Hardcover)

- Azazel (Paperback)

- The Winter Queen: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mysteries)

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- The Turkish Gambit (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #2)

- Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)

- The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #4)

- (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #6)

 - Special Assignments (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #5)

Books In The Series:

- The Turkish Gambit (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #2)

- Murder on the Leviathan (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #3)

- The Death of Achilles (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #4)

- Special Assignments (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #5)

- (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #6)

-, (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #7)

 - (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #8)

- (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #9)

- (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #10)

- (Erast Fandorin Mysteries, #11)

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Rewiews:

Apr 27, 2011

Tatiana
Rated it: really liked it
Shelves: historical, mysteries-thrillers-horror, russian, 2011
I don't know if the charm of this novel translates well into English, but in its original (Russian)
language this short historical mystery is delicious.
The Winter Queen (or as it was originally titled, Azazel) is the first book in a series of detective
stories whose main character is Erast Fandorin. In this novel (set in 1870s Russia) Erast is a 20-
year old wide-eyed youth who accidentally comes to investigate a strange case of public suicide.
In spite of his naivete and innocence, Erast proves
I don't know if the charm of this novel translates well into English, but in its original (Russian)
language this short historical mystery is delicious.
The Winter Queen (or as it was originally titled, Azazel) is the first book in a series of detective
stories whose main character is Erast Fandorin. In this novel (set in 1870s Russia) Erast is a 20-
year old wide-eyed youth who accidentally comes to investigate a strange case of public suicide.
In spite of his naivete and innocence, Erast proves himself an astute detective and manages to
untangle a world-wide conspiracy.
The best thing about this novel is that while it manages to give a taste of Russian history, culture
and mentality, it never stops being a first-class entertainment, dynamic and fun.
I would recommend this book to anyone remotely interested in 19th century Russia, but who is
intimidated by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
33 likes
4 comments

Flannery
I was mildly obsessed with Russian history and politics in college. I think I took 5 or 6 classes on
it:) I remember really enjoying Sketches from a H
I was mildly obsessed with Russian history and politics in college. I think I took 5 or 6 classes on
it:) I remember really enjoying Sketches from a Hunter's Album: The Complete Edition--thanks for
the indirect reminder to read that again:)

Apr 28, 2011 12:10PM

Tatiana
I like you more and more, Flannery. You are a woman of many interests and all of them
awesome:)

Apr 28, 2011 03:02PM