The main theme in the detective-adventure novel “Emigrants” is the exposure of international and Russian counterrevolution. With the greatest mastery, A. N. Tolstoy depicts the life of White émigré Paris: members of the imperial family, former oil industrialists, officers, and women of high society who, at any cost, strive to restore their former wealth and position. Written almost in the heat of events, the novel contains extensive material from the author’s personal impressions, and with great skill he combines realism and historical truthfulness with subtle psychological depth and vivid, sharply drawn character portraits.