Three Princesses

College adviser Vladimir Royev found himself in the most foolish position for a nobleman. The woman he adored ran away from him. Actually, that’s what the rumor said. The police held a less romantic version. It seemed that the young... woman became a victim of fraudsters and murderers. A whole year passed before Nadia was finally found shot dead in a deep ravine. But what was Nadezhda Vasilyevna doing alone on a deserted forest road? A piece of paper was found in her small bag with a blurred, barely legible text. Could it be that this very letter lured Rojev to the murder scene? Who? Yevgeny Verkhovsky, Nadya's lover? But why, if he worshipped her? The love-crime plots of Natalia Orbenina's novels unfold at the end of the 19th century, when honor was still in fashion and marriages were made in heaven. But even in the best of times, there is room for subtle intrigues, cunning schemes, and seductive vice.