By Right of Sword

"By Right of Sword" by Arthur W. Marchmont is a historical fiction novel set in Russia, where an Englishman named Hamylton Tregethner gets drawn into a world of danger and political games. After receiving a troubling letter from a friend, Tregethner unexpectedly meets a woman in Moscow who mistakes him for her brother, Alexis Petrovitch, a Russian officer facing a deadly duel. Tregethner makes the bold choice to take on Alexis's identity to protect him from harm. This decision throws him into a complicated situation filled with espionage, courage, love, and loyalty, as he navigates the tricky world of being someone he is not, and he finds himself in the crosshairs of Russia's high society and dangerous political schemes.