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Anytime – Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin goes on the most breathtaking Russian adventure
Rendezvous in Russia (Laura Marlin Mysteries)
What you need to know before your trail
Laura Marlin and her faithful friend, the Siberian husky named Skye are never far apart from each other so when they are invited on a Russian adventure – to join a film crew in Russia – then they both go! Human friend Tariq also travels with them and before long, they get themselves involved in a real life heist , far more adventurous than anything that could ever appear on a film or TV show.
The film is called THE ARISTOCRATIC THIEF and it’s about a seemingly impossible art heist. But when a priceless painting gets stolen for real, Laura finds that fact and fiction mix…with one brushstroke.
Travel Guide
Cornwall
From Cornwall, where they are filming the English part of the movie to the glamourous and ornate city of St Petersburg. The child heroine of the movie comes from a beautiful seaside town so Cornwall is ideal!
St Petersburg.
If you’re going to have an adventure of visiting a film set and going on a real life heist, then the magnificent city of St Petersburg is the place to do it!
What a place!
“St Petersburg, a city that conjured images of great monuments, magical nights at the ballet, and long visits to the Hermitage Museum…”
And what a language! Surely the language of codes – it even looks like one to an outsider and really ratchets up the tension.
There’s a lot of Russian atmosphere here – The Russian Art Scene is evoked with style and panache . The Hermitage Museum , where the man steals the painting from in the film is the film location for some of the scenes. Come and walk right in –
“It was founded by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. There are over three million works of art in the collection….”
The works of art are priceless and the scene is set for an art heist that appears to be impossible. Laura and Tariq read about it in their guidebook and learning from them is a real literary treat. See the wonder of the city and the art world through their eyes.
White Nights
St Petersburg is an illuminating city too – the so called White nights Phenomenon lights up the city 24 hours a day when the natural daylight never goes away. Just one of the amazing facts Laura and Tariq learn when they are there.
In St Petersburg art really does imitate life.
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