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A Soldier of Commerce in a Web of Imperial Plots
In a 1903 tale, Townsend & Burdick's New York magnate Townsend and agent Harvey Irons pursue a Russia market amid a web of spycraft. Hafiz Effendi schemes with Mizik to seize a Georgian beauty for Bokhara, while Captain Orskoff eyes control of slave trade routes and a Caspian voyage unfolds toward danger and betrayal.
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Townsend & Burdick
New York
Harvey Irons
Russi
Townsend
Irons
Russia
Mr. Irons
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Paris
Mr. Townsend
Burdick
Mr. Burdick
Empire
Hafiz Effendi
Hafiz
Grusiah
Abd Mizik
Ameecr
Constantinople
Tiflis
Osmanlis
Czar
Circassia
Georgia
Caucasus
Hafiz Effend
Muley
Bagram
Sergius Orskoff
Persia
Turkey
China
Trebizond
Massachusetts
England
Orskoff
Pipa
Hatiz
Mizik
Ameer
Bokhara
Matiz Effendi
Davonern
Nafiz
Titlis
Haji Effendi
Abokhara
Ignatz Biartelkis
Ariting
Tifill
Caspian
Hadeen
Ignatz Blartelkis
Goda
Soura
Sons of Heaven
Bazaar
Kahve
The
Joy Limeelf
Hassan
Hassan Effendi
Allah
Haffiz Effendi
Tam Hatz
Harken
Khan
Khiva
Orakoff
Mohammed
Biartelkis
Sama
Blartelkis
Blartelkin
Astrakhan
Hasean
Koura
Father
Hagsan
Hatiz Effendi
Hafiz Efendi
Hatiz Efendi
Tassan
Karakal
R. Harvey Irons
Salam
Lara
Astrabud
Volga
Borbous
Wang Tiflis
Nijni Novgorod
Kur
Harvey Lions
Harvey
Black Sea
Jehoshaphat
Astrakhant
Lrons
Nijnt Novgorod
Sam Hassan
Astrabad
Tlussan
Soard
Hussain
Hassin
Giaour
Jovel