Deĭstvie romana Borisa Akunina "Altyn-Tolobas" proiskhodit odnovremenno v XVII i XX veke. Anglichanin russkogo proiskhozhdenii︠a︡ Nikolas Fandorin edet na istoricheskui︠u︡ rodinu, chtoby otyskatʹ sledy svoego legendarnogo predka - Korneliusa fon Dorna, ofit︠s︡era t︠s︡arskikh mushketerov. Nikolas planiroval probytʹ v Rossii vsego neskolʹko dneĭ, posetitʹ arkhivy i otyskatʹ svedenʹi︠a︡ o svoem predke. No neozhidanno ego plany izmenilisʹ. Uchenyĭ okazalsi︠a︡ vti︠a︡nut v mafioznye razborki, emu prishlosʹ pouchastvovatʹ v uvlekatelʹnom i opasnom poiske legendarnoĭ Liberii - biblioteki Ivana Groznogo! Respektabelʹnyĭ anglichanin obretet novogo neozhidannogo druga v lit︠s︡e moskovskogo mafiozi Soso Gabunii︠a︡, a takzhe - novui︠u︡ li︠u︡bovʹ. The action of Boris Akunin's novel "Altyn-Tolobas" takes place simultaneously in the 17th and 20th centuries. Nicholas Fandorin, an Englishman of Russian origin, travels to his historical homeland to find the traces of his legendary ancestor, Cornelius von Dorn, an officer of the Tsar's musketeers. Nicholas planned to stay in Russia for only a few days, visit the archives, and find information about his ancestor. But suddenly his plans changed. The scholar got involved in mafia conflicts, and he had to participate in an exciting and dangerous search for the legendary Library of Ivan the Terrible - Liberiya! The respectable Englishman finds a new unexpected friend in the form of Moscow mafioso Soso Gabunia, as well as a new love.