Nicholas Fandorin
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Nicholas Fandorin is the protagonist of three novels by Boris Akunin
, subtitled "adventures of the magister
[viz., the MA
]". The uniting concept of the series is that each novel combines two storylines, one set in present-day Russia (in 1995 to 2005), and a related one set in the Tsarist Russia (in the 1670s, 1790s, and 1860s).
Nicholas is the grandson of Erast Fandorin
, born in ca. 1960. His father was Alexander Fandorin (1920–1994), born in British exile where his pregnant mother had fled
from the Russian Civil War
. Nicholas has a master's degree in history, specializing in the 19th century history of the Russian Empire
, and (in Altyn Tolobas) visits the land of his ancestors for the first time in 1995, after the fall of the Soviet Union, tracing the founder of the Russian Fandorins, a Swabia
n musketeer
Cornelius von Dorn who took service with the Tsar in 1675, and died in the 1682 Moscow uprising, nine generations removed from Nicholas. In Extracurricular Reading, he is married to a Tatar woman, Altyn Mamaeva, and has abandoned his British citizenship for a Russian passport. The parallel story concerns the 4th and 5th Fandorins after Cornelius in the last years of the reign of Catherine the Great. F.M. concerns a lost manuscript of (F.M.) Dostoevsky
's Crime and Punishment
, set in the decade predating the setting of the first
Erast Fandorin
novel.
Boris Akunin
Boris Akunin is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili , a Russian writer. He is an essayist, literary translator and writer of detective fiction.-Life and career:...
, subtitled "adventures of the magister
Magister (degree)
Magister is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education.-Argentina:...
[viz., the MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
]". The uniting concept of the series is that each novel combines two storylines, one set in present-day Russia (in 1995 to 2005), and a related one set in the Tsarist Russia (in the 1670s, 1790s, and 1860s).
- 2001: Altyn Tolobas (1995, 1675–76), ISBN 5-7654-1820-1, ISBN 5-224-02898-1
- 2003: Extracurricular Reading (2001, 1795), ISBN 5-224-04023-X, ISBN 5-224-04022-1, ISBN 5-224-04021-3
- 2006: F.M. (2006, 1865), ISBN 5-224-01638-X
Nicholas is the grandson of Erast Fandorin
Erast Fandorin
Erast Petrovich Fandorin is a fictional 19th-century Russian detective and the hero of a series of Russian historical detective novels by Boris Akunin. The first novel was published in Russia in 1998, and the latest was published in December 2009...
, born in ca. 1960. His father was Alexander Fandorin (1920–1994), born in British exile where his pregnant mother had fled
Historical immigration to Great Britain
Historical immigration to Great Britain concerns the inward movement of people, cultural and ethnic groups into island Great Britain before 1922, Immigration during and after 1922 is dealt with at the article Immigration to the United Kingdom .Modern humans first arrived in Great Britain during the...
from the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
. Nicholas has a master's degree in history, specializing in the 19th century history of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
, and (in Altyn Tolobas) visits the land of his ancestors for the first time in 1995, after the fall of the Soviet Union, tracing the founder of the Russian Fandorins, a Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
n musketeer
Musketeer
A musketeer was an early modern type of infantry soldier equipped with a musket. Musketeers were an important part of early modern armies, particularly in Europe. They sometimes could fight on horseback, like a dragoon or a cavalryman...
Cornelius von Dorn who took service with the Tsar in 1675, and died in the 1682 Moscow uprising, nine generations removed from Nicholas. In Extracurricular Reading, he is married to a Tatar woman, Altyn Mamaeva, and has abandoned his British citizenship for a Russian passport. The parallel story concerns the 4th and 5th Fandorins after Cornelius in the last years of the reign of Catherine the Great. F.M. concerns a lost manuscript of (F.M.) Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....
's Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. This is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his...
, set in the decade predating the setting of the first
The Winter Queen (novel)
The Winter Queen is the first novel from the Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels, written by Russian author Boris Akunin...
Erast Fandorin
Erast Fandorin
Erast Petrovich Fandorin is a fictional 19th-century Russian detective and the hero of a series of Russian historical detective novels by Boris Akunin. The first novel was published in Russia in 1998, and the latest was published in December 2009...
novel.
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