Nicholas Fandorin

Nicholas Alexandrovich Fandorin
Николай Александрович Фандорин
First appearanceAltyn Tolobas
Created byBoris Akunin
In-universe information
GenderMale
Occupationhistorian, private counselor
SpouseAltyn Mamaeva
Алтын Мамаева

Nicholas Fandorin is the protagonist of four novels by Boris Akunin, subtitled Приключения магистра ("Adventures of the magister [viz., the MA])". He is the grandson of Akunin's other fictional character Erast Fandorin.

The uniting concept of the series is that each novel combines two storylines, one set in present-day Russia (in 1995 to 2005), and a related one set in the Russian Empire (in the 1670s, 1790s, and 1860s).

  • 2001: Altyn Tolobas Алтын-толобас (1995, 1675–76), ISBN 5-7654-1820-1, ISBN 5-224-02898-1
  • 2003: Extracurricular Reading Внеклассное чтение (2001, 1795), ISBN 5-224-04023-X, ISBN 5-224-04022-1, ISBN 5-224-04021-3
  • 2006: F.M. Ф.М. (2006, 1865), ISBN 5-224-01638-X
  • 2009: The Falcon and the Swallow Сокол и Ласточка (2009, 1702)