Golden Knives. Evenings with the Marquise

In the mid-19th century, madness swept across the world on both sides of the Atlantic. Adventurers and pilgrims of all kinds, ready to live and eat however and with whatever was available, poured uncontrollably from Europe to North America. The gold rush scorched hearts and souls. But some became wealthy and returned home, unaware that the shadows of the past were trailing them like a Native American stepping onto the warpath. The latest volume of the «Masters of Adventure» presents new facets of the talent of Paul Feval, who swapped cloak and sword for carbine and tomahawk. The western novel «Golden Knives» complements the series of novellas «Evenings with the Marquise». In the house of the beautiful marquise (whose real name the writer revealed only 20 years after the first publication) gathered interesting people – Balzac, Chateaubriand, Talleyrand, Charles Nodier... And they always told fascinating stories. One of them – «Monsieur and Madame Deni» – is a rare gem in Feval's legacy (unpublished for almost two centuries even in France). It is a wonderful, unpredictable tale reminiscent of the stories of the great humorists of the 20th century. Give it a try – you won’t regret it! The entire series of novellas is published in Russian for the first time, and the novel is published in full for the first time and in a completely new translation. The edition is adorned with illustrations by Gustave Doré and other masters of book graphics.