The Failed Count
12 hrs. 32 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ivan Ochenkov
Author
Ivan Ochenkov
Narrator
Alexander Chaitsyn
Narrator
Alexander Chaitsyn
Dmitry Budishchev’s dream came true—he became an officer and a nobleman, and now nothing stands in the way of his career. He can even marry the daughter of the court banker, but the banker sets a condition: the future son-in-law must receive recognition from the supposed father and a title. Count Bludov agrees to acknowledge him as his son, and the emperor will confirm it—but, as it turns out, the “liberating” tsar is wanted dead not only by terrorists. Among the tsar’s entourage there are many influential gentlemen who dream of stopping reforms and turning history backward. By their order, the police arrest the hero’s ward, Steша, and now Budishchev is being blackmailed, demanded that he do the dirty work instead of the People’s Will terrorists. But these people don’t even suspect what they’ve gotten themselves into…
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