The Adventuress. The One Who Lost Her Heart

A series of historical novels, collaboratively created by two well-known writers, is aimed at lovers of the adventure genre and admirers of classic Russian prose. Besides an engaging plot, these books are especially interesting because many of their heroes are... real historical figures, shapers of the fate of Russia in the first half of the 19th century. Alexander I, Nicholas I, Benckendorff, the Moscow governor Rostopchin - these and other historical characters are accurately and vividly portrayed based on letters and memoirs of contemporaries, and are as active participants in the plot as the fictional heroes. The action of the second novel takes place in 1813 in St. Petersburg. Not finding justice and fairness in Moscow, the young Countess Elena Mescherskaya seeks the patronage of the dowager Empress to regain her lost name and fortune. The goal is almost achieved, but fate has prepared new cruel trials for her…