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| • | Coronation, or the last of the Romanovs (Коронация, или Последний из романов) is a historical novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published in 2000.
The scene of this eighth of the Erast Fandorin series is set in 1896 Moscow, at the time of the coronation of tsar Nicholas II (between 6 May and 20 May O.S.). The story is told from the perspective of Afanassi Sjukin, the majordomo of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich .. Erast Fandorin investigates the abduction of Grand Duke Michail, the four-year-old youngest son of George Alexandrovitch, by criminal mastermind "Doctor Lind". Lind demands the Orloff diamond, a prerequisite for the upcoming coronation, as a ransom. Nicholas II is portrayed as dependent on his uncles Cyril and Simeon, the Governor-General of Moscow.
Akunin distorts the Romanov family relations somewhat. The three uncles of Nicolas II (sons of Alexander II) are semi-ficticious:
·George Alexandrovich, named after George Alexandrovitch, Nicholas' brother.
Source: [wikipedia: coronation, or the last of the romanovs]
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