Uncle and Claudius the Camel Puffin rigged trials and the greatest

rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen

Mantel then moves to a haunted house and mysteriously gains a stepfather

must come together and confront the contorted legacy of the past in the shape of their estranged

In his electrifying debut

Fandorin has been described as 'the James Bond of the 19th century' and Akunin has been compared to Gogol

Uncle and Claudius the Camel Puffin rigged trials and the greatestUncle does not often go on holiday as very few hotels provide beds big enough for elephants. At Sunset Beach he hopes for a real rest and change, but almost at once fifty camels, led by the courteous Claudius, arrive with news of trouble at his great castle of Homeward. From this moment his attempts to have a holiday are interrupted by one unexpected happening after another. Uncle and his faithful followers rescue holiday makers from the sinister