The Pompadour Diamond
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The Pompadour Diamond
9.99 €
Under the vaults of Versailles, amid gold, wigs, and the whispers of court secrets, the legend of the "Rose of Versailles" diamond is born—a stone whose history is intertwined with power, passion, and betrayal. Decades later, its distant echoes reach Moscow in the first third of the 19th century, where, under the flickering lanterns and glitter of balls, the past unexpectedly comes to life.
Moscow, 1829. Young lieutenant Alexei Polyansky has just begun his service in the Second Section of the Gendarmerie and immediately finds himself at the center of a scandal that has the whole city buzzing. The tabloid newspaper "Secrets of Moscow" publishes a sensation: the merchant Vasily Glyzin is in possession of the legendary pink diamond, allegedly once given to his ancestor by the Marquise de Pompadour herself. One article is enough to transform a tranquil home into a besieged fortress, with journalists, adventurers, and those looking for easy money flocking to it. And then the merchant disappears without a trace.
The deeper Polyansky delves into the investigation, the more clearly he realizes: behind the beautiful legend of the precious stone lie betrayals, family treachery, and a dangerous affair with a woman who can gamble with fate as well as with cards. The threads of the investigation stretch ever further—through Moscow salons and dark alleys to a mystery originating in France during the reign of Louis XIV.
And soon the lieutenant must decide where duty ends and what can cost one's honor, career, and even one's heart begins.
Moscow, 1829. Young lieutenant Alexei Polyansky has just begun his service in the Second Section of the Gendarmerie and immediately finds himself at the center of a scandal that has the whole city buzzing. The tabloid newspaper "Secrets of Moscow" publishes a sensation: the merchant Vasily Glyzin is in possession of the legendary pink diamond, allegedly once given to his ancestor by the Marquise de Pompadour herself. One article is enough to transform a tranquil home into a besieged fortress, with journalists, adventurers, and those looking for easy money flocking to it. And then the merchant disappears without a trace.
The deeper Polyansky delves into the investigation, the more clearly he realizes: behind the beautiful legend of the precious stone lie betrayals, family treachery, and a dangerous affair with a woman who can gamble with fate as well as with cards. The threads of the investigation stretch ever further—through Moscow salons and dark alleys to a mystery originating in France during the reign of Louis XIV.
And soon the lieutenant must decide where duty ends and what can cost one's honor, career, and even one's heart begins.
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- All books in the series Secrets of Moscow's Alleys. Notes of Lieutenant Polyansky