Adventuress. Lost Name

A series of historical novels, jointly created by two famous writers, is aimed at fans of the adventure genre and connoisseurs of classical Russian prose. In addition to an engaging plot, these books are particularly interesting because many of their characters are real historical figures, key players in the fate of Russia in the first half of the 19th century. Alexander I, Nicholas I, Benkendorff, the Moscow governor Rostopchin - these and other historical characters are accurately and vividly depicted based on letters and memoirs of contemporaries, and are as active participants in the plot as the fictional heroes. The action of the first novel begins in 1812 in Moscow, at the moment the French army enters. The young heroine, Countess Elena Meshcherskaya, who has lost her family, wealth, and social standing in the Moscow fire, must overcome numerous difficulties and learn to confront a cruel fate…