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About the product Daria Desombre’s «Birdcatcher’s Network» is a historical detective that transports the reader to 1812, to that time point when Napoleon crosses the Niemen, crowds Bagration, and he retreats in a hurry. The hostile army must stop for rest, so one of the French divisions ends up in the estate of the Lipetsk princes, forced to make room and accept the enemy. However, soon in the Lipetsk estate called Privolye, a terrible crime occurs — peasant girls begin to disappear. After some time, they are found strangled. The child killer seemed to be waiting for the right moment to start doing his terrible deeds, or maybe he came with the French army? The authorities are not able to understand this — there is a war, an official investigation is impossible. And then, in the name of justice, the young princess Lipetskaya forgets about enmity and teams up with a major of the French army to conduct her own investigation and find the murderer. Abstract June 1812. Napoleon crosses the Niemen, Bagration retreats in a hurry. The division of the enemy army stops at the estate of the Lipetsk princes — Privolye. Forced to share shelter with a French major and a military surgeon, the Lipetskys maintain a tense truce. However, soon something terrible happened in Privolye, and Buonaparte had nothing to do with it. An unknown murderer steals serf girls, who after a while are found strangled. There is a war going on and an official investigation is impossible, nevertheless, the young princess Lipetsk and the major of the French army decide that the concepts of Christian morality are higher than the conflict of European sovereigns and begin their own investigation. But how can one find the trail of a child-killer in the district, agitated by the Napoleonic invasion? Can you trust the enemy? Is it worth it — a neighbor? And what to do when horror creeps into the walls of your home, turning those closest to you into terrible strangers? ..
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