
Titular Advisor Erast Fandorin took part in military operations during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Being a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady, Varvara Andreevna Suvorova, who is heading to the location of the Russian troops to see her fiance. With her help, Fandorin manages to unravel a complex and mysterious espionage case…
Erast Petrovich Fandorin

Varvara Andreevna Suvorova

General Sobolev

captain Perepyolkin

Lukan - rumanian colonel

Ismail-bey

Lavrentiy Arkadyevich Mizinov - general

McLaughlin - english correspondent

Kazanzaki - lieutenant colonel

Charles d'Evreux - french correspondent

Mitya Gridnev - mechanic officer

Yablokov - cryptographer

Zurov - earl

Lunts

Aleksandr II - emperor

General Konetskiy

Lestvitsky - russian prisoner of war

Turkish governor in Vidin

Semyon - barman

Non-commissioned officer

Cornet

Danchenko - russian correspondent

Artillery major
