Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady - Softcover

Pearce, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006512127 ISBN 13: 9780006512127

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

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. Dmitri and the One-Legged Lady is the second novel in the witty and fascinating new series by Michael Pearce which pits the wily and determined Dmitri Kameron against the oppressive forces of the Tsarist regime.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Pearce was raised in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, where his fascination for language began. He later trained as a Russian interpreter but moved away from languages to follow an academic career, first as a lecturer in English and the History of Ideas, and then as an administrator. Michael Pearce now lives in London and is best known as the author of the award-winning Mamur Zapt books.

Review:

Praise for Michael Pearce: `Irresistible fun' Time Out `Impeccable historical detail ... enjoyable reading' Sunday Telegraph `Pearce takes apart ancient history and reassembles it with beguiling wit and colour' Sunday Times `Ingeniously imagined and zestfully written' Literary Review `A wily protagonist and racing narrative combine for perfect entertainment' Time Out

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0006512127
• ISBN 13: 9780006512127
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1