Under Western Eyes

Razumov aims to overcome the denial of his noble birth by a brilliant career in the tsarist bureaucracy created by Peter the Great. But in pre-revolutionary Russia Peter's legacy is autocracy tempered by assassination, and Razumov is soon caught in a tragic web with Haldin's trustful sister Natalia in spy-haunted Geneva.

Razumov isi propune sa depaseasca negarea nasterii sale nobile printr-o cariera stralucita in birocratia tarista creata de Petru cel Mare. Dar in Rusia prerevolutionara, mostenirea lui Peter este autocratia temperata de asasinate, iar Razumov este in curand prins intr-o retea tragica cu sora de incredere a lui Haldin, Natalia, in Geneva bantuita de spioni.