The Favorite. Book 1

The novel «The Favorite» — a multifaceted work that raises a vast layer of historical reality, providing a broad canvas of life in Russia in the second half of the 18th century. The author depicts the era through the actions of the main character — the illustrious Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin-Tavrichesky, the favorite of Catherine II, — a complex, often contradictory man, but undoubtedly talented and intelligent, who resolutely intruded into state affairs and saw his duty in serving Russia.