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The Diamond Chariot
Russian edition
AuthorBoris Akunin
Original titleАлмазная Колесница
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
SeriesErast Fandorin
GenreHistorical detective
PublisherZakharov
Publication date
2003
Pages720
ISBN5-8159-0388-4
OCLC66597972
Preceded byHe Lover of Death 
Followed byJade Rosary Beads 

The Diamond Chariot (Russian: Алмазная Колесница, the Russian term for the "Diamond Vehicle" (kongōjō) school of Tantric Buddhism) is a historical mystery novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published originally in 2003. It is the tenth novel in Akunin's Erast Fandorin series of historical detective novels. As with all of the other Fandorin novels, The Diamond Chariot was hugely successful in Russia, selling out its first printing of 200,000 copies in a week.[1]

The Diamond Chariot is available in English since September 2011 from Orion Books, translated by Andrew Bromfield.

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