Year 1914. The king's life is under threat. Erast Fandorin is responsible for the capture of the revolutionary Ivan Ivanovich Ivantsov in order to protect him from danger. He quickly discovers that the man, nicknamed Ulysses, has taken refuge in Baku. Baku, the black city, the richest city of the Russian Empire, is in the hands of several oil magnates of all nationalities (Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Azerbaijanis...). On the eve of the First World War, Baku was also a particularly active nest of spies. Fandorin's wife, actress Eliza Altairskaya-Luentin, renamed Claire Delune, is also in the city filming. But the coincidence hardly fascinates the investigator, who only seeks to regain his freedom... 1914 god. Zhiznʹ t︠s︡ari︠a︡ nakhoditsi︠a︡ pod ugrozoĭ. Ėrast Fandorin otvetstvenen za poimku revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionera Ivana Ivanovicha Ivant︠s︡ova, chtoby uberechʹ ego ot opasnosti. On bystro obnaruzhivaet, chto muzhchina po prozvishchu Uliss ukrylsi︠a︡ v Baku. Baku, chernyĭ gorod, samyĭ bogatyĭ gorod Rossiĭskoĭ imperii, nakhoditsi︠a︡ v rukakh neskolʹkikh nefti︠a︡nykh magnatov vsekh nat︠s︡ionalʹnosteĭ (russkikh, armi︠a︡n, gruzin, azerbaĭdzhant︠s︡ev...). Nakanune Pervoĭ mirovoĭ voĭny Baku takzhe byl osobenno aktivnym gnezdom shpionov. Zhena Fandorina, aktrisa Ėliza Alʹtairskai︠a︡-Luėnten, pereimenovannai︠a︡ v Klėr Deli︠u︡n, takzhe nakhoditsi︠a︡ v gorode na sʺemkakh. No sovpadenie vri︠a︡d li ocharovyvaet sledovateli︠a︡, kotoryĭ lishʹ stremitsi︠a︡ vernutʹ sebe svobodu...--Amazon.com.

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