The Duelist

Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.

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  Pyotr FyodorovYakovlev
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  Vladimir MashkovEarl Beklemishev
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  Franziska PetriAleksandra Iosifovna
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  Martin WuttkeGerman Baron
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  Sergey GarmashOne-armed nobleman
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  Yuri KolokolnikovBasargin
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  Aleksandr YatsenkoYakovlev Jr.
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  Yuriy KuznetsovServant
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  Anton Kuznetsovmerchant, gunsmith
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  Dmitriy KulichkovChichagov