The queen of spades
(2020)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Interactive Media, 2020
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781787361355 (electronic bk.) MWT13060650, 1787361357 (electronic bk.) 13060650
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Hermann, an ethnic German, is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she lost a fortune at faro, and then won it back with the secret of the three winning cards, which she learned from the notorious Count of St. Germain. Hermann becomes obsessed with obtaining the secret
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