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Leto 1914-go. Uzhe razygralisʹ sobytii͡a, kotorye privedut k Pervoĭ mirovoĭ voĭne. Premʹer-ministr Britanii Gerbert Askvit vybivaetsi͡a iz sil, pytai͡asʹ predotvratitʹ ee; on ponimaet, chto inache ego strana neizbezhno okazhetsi͡a vti͡anuta v boĭni͡u. Edinstvennai͡a otdushina dli͡a starei͡ushchego politika - redkie vstrechi i intensivnai͡a perepiska s taĭnoĭ vozli͡ublennoĭ, molodoĭ aristokratkoĭ, blizkoĭ k bogemnym krugam.A v strane uzhe nachalasʹ shpionomanii͡a. Bditelʹnye grazhdane nakhodi͡at v raznykh mestakh smi͡atye listki s sekretnymi diplomaticheskimi soobshchenii͡ami. Sotrudniku Skotlend-I͡Arda Polu Dimeru porucheno vyi͡asnitʹ, otkuda mogla proizoĭti utechka. I vnezapno nevinnai͡a li͡ubovnai͡a intrizhka oborachivaetsi͡a problemoĭ gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti, - problemoĭ, sposobnoĭ privesti k padenii͡u pravitelʹstva i rezko izmenitʹ kurs mirovoĭ istorii…Vpervye na russkom!

Summer of 1914. The events that would lead to the First World War had already played out. British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith is running out of energy trying to prevent it; he understands that otherwise his country will inevitably be dragged into a massacre. The only outlet for the aging politician is rare meetings and intense correspondence with his secret lover, a young aristocrat close to bohemian circles.And espionage has already begun in the country. Vigilant citizens find crumpled leaflets with secret diplomatic messages in various places. Scotland Yard officer Paul Deamer has been tasked with finding out where the leak could have come from. And suddenly, an innocent love affair turns into a problem of state security, a problem that can lead to the fall of the government and dramatically change the course of world history.…For the first time in Russian!