Incidents from the life of our contemporary Nicholas Fandorin, as in previous novels ("Altyn-Tolobas", "Extracurricular Reading", "F.M."), are intertwined with a historical adventurous narrative. This time, another representative of the von Dorn family, who lived three centuries ago, finds himself in distant corsair seas, where he, of course, will have to sail to Treasure Island... Proisshestvii︠a︡ iz zhizni nashego sovremennika Nikolasa Fandorina, kak i v predydushchikh romanakh ("Altyn-Tolobas", "Vneklassnoe chtenie", "F.M."), perepletai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ s istoricheskim avanti︠u︡rnym povestvovaniem. Na seĭ raz ocherednoĭ predstavitelʹ roda fon Dornov, zhivshiĭ tri stoletii︠a︡ nazad, popadaet v dalekie korsarskie mori︠a︡, gde emu, konechno zhe, predstoit sovershitʹ plavanie k Ostrovu Sokrovishch...

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