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Nothing Sacred
Author	Boris Akunin
Original title	Ничего святого
Language	Russian
Series	Brüderschaft with Death
Genre	Historical detective
Publication date	2010
Publication place	Russia
Preceded by	Mariya, Maria...
Followed by	Operation Transit

Nothing Sacred (Russian: Ничего святого, romanized: Nichego svyatogo) is a 2010 novel by Boris Akunin, the second part of the fourth book on the adventures of Russian and German spies during the First World War. It describes the new confrontation of Aleksey Romanov and Joseph von Teofels in the autumn of 1916.

Plot

In November 1916 the German high command, after the heavy defeats suffered by its ally the Austro-Hungarian Empire, concluded that a military victory over Russia is impossible. One of their best spies, Josef von Theofels (known as Sepp), suggests a proven method which had been used by Japanese intelligence in 1905. Consequently, the Germans provoke a revolution in Russia by generously financing Lenin and his party, because they foresee an early defeat in the war.

The chief of German intelligence rejects Sepp's plan, and offers his own — the assassination of Nicholas II, expecting that the emperor's death would cause confusion and a struggle for power that would drive Russia out of the war. Wilhelm II, who is Nikolai's cousin, would never allow such an operation, and so Theofels must kill the Tsar by making it look like an accident, deciding to engineer a rail accident. Sepp assembles a group of militant nationalists who hate Nicholas II. At the same time, Duke Kozlovsky the Russian chief of counterintelligence sends his best agent, Aleksei Romanov, to the front to examine how well the security of "train number 1", in which the Emperor Nicholas II travels along the front, is organized. Romanov discovers that the retinue of Nicholas includes a traitor who informs German intelligence of all the movements of the royal train. Aleksei discerns a possible assassination attempt and begins to act, seeking to prevent the murder of the Tsar....now read on

References

"Борис Акунин. Смерть на Брудершафт. Мария, Мария...: фильма седьмая. Ничего святого: фильма восьмая". delfi.

v t e Works by Boris Akunin
Erast Fandorin series	The Winter Queen The Turkish Gambit Murder on the Leviathan The Death of Achilles Special Assignments The State Counsellor The Coronation She Lover of Death He Lover of Death The Diamond Chariot Ying and Yan Jade Rosary Beads All the World's a Stage The Black City Planet Water Not Saying Goodbye Erast Fandorin's Dao Tamba's Lessons Frog Bashō
Masahiro Shibata series	Just Masa Yama
Nicholas Fandorin series	Altyn Tolobas Extracurricular Reading F.M. Falcon and Swallow
Sister Pelagia series	Pelagia and the White Bulldog Pelagia and the Black Monk Pelagia and the Red Rooster
Brüderschaft with Death series	The Infant and the Devil The Torment of a Broken Heart The Flying Elephant Children of the Moon The Wandering Man Let the Thunder of Victory Rumble! Maria, Maria... Nothing Sacred
The Genres	Children's Book Spy Novel Science Fiction Quest Children's Book For Girls Fairy Tales from Around the World
Adaptations	Azazel (2002) The Turkish Gambit (2005) The State Counsellor (2005) Spy (2012) Fandorin: Azazel (2023) Leviathan (2021)

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