History Literature / TheStateCounsellor

* AmbiguousDisorder: Green displays traits of what may or may not be ASD.
** " "He knew the way he spoke wasn't right, but it was the only way the words came. The thoughts in his head were precise and clear, their meaning was absolutely obvious. But when they emerged in the form of phrases, the superfluous husk simply fell away of its own accord and only the essential idea was left. Probably sometimes rather more fell away than ought to."

* HeadTurningBeauty: All the men at Prince Dolgurukoi's reception [[EatingTheEyeCandy goggle]] at Esfir when she shows up in a cleavage-baring dress.

* MeaningfulName: Subverted with Mr Green; he's a synaesthesiac, so you might think he's called after the colour he perceives himself to be - but in fact he sees himself as grey, and his ''NomDeGuerre'' is just a contraction of his real surname Grinberg, as well as after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Hryniewiecki Ignacy Hryniewiecki]], the assassin of Tsar Alexander II, [[BilingualBonus whose surname is written "Grinevitski" in Russian]].

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* AgentProvocateur: Contains enough of these to make Erast Fandorin swear he'll never take political cases again.l

* AgentProvocateur: Contains enough of these to make Erast Fandorin swear he'll never take political cases again.

* AffableEvil: Pozharsky is much more ingratiating in the screenplay.

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* BathhouseBlitz: ''Literature/ErastFandorin'' is holding a secret meeting with his new boss in a public bathhouse when a group of revolutionaries tries to assassinate them both. Fandorin escapes by climbing onto the roof and using his ninja skills to jump down to safety, while his boss darts out through [[{{CrashingThroughTheHarem}} the women's section]], turning the female bathers' fury onto his pursuers.

* HelloNurse: All the men at Prince Dolgurukoi's reception goggle at Esfir when she shows up in a cleavage-baring dress.

* RoofHopping: Fandorin escapes from the Combat Group by taking a running leap and jumping clear across a street from the bathhouse to the opposite building. Somewhat more realistic than in the book, where he simply jumps off the roof of the bathhouse, three stories up, and survives by landing in a snow drift.