Tsar's dragons

Description:

In 1869, Tsar Alexander II invited Welsh businessman John Hughes to build ironworks in Russia. John persuaded influential people to invest in his venture, while concealing his greatest secret -- he couldn't even write his own name!

subjects: Fiction,  Industrialists,  Illiterate persons,  History,  THRILLER / SUSPENSE,  FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General,  Investigation,  Martin Phelps (Fictitious character),  Murder,  Fiction, historical, general,  Ukraine, fiction

People: John Hughes (approximately 1815-1889)

Places: I͡Uzivka (Ukraine),  Ukraine,  I͡Uzivka,  Russia

Times: 19th century,  Alexander II, 1855-1881