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... ut Mikhail knew it was hollow. Behind every gilded door and polished marble hall lay rot: mismanagement, graft, incompetence. If the Empire was a colossus, it was one standing on termite-eaten stilts.
And now, he had a key to its foundation.
Count Orlov’s intervention had paid off. Nicholas I, freshly crowned and still insecure, was eager to show he could outwit the ghost of his brother. A shadowy advisor with no factional allegiance—only results—was exactly what the Tsar needed. ...
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