Russian Women in History. XVIII Century

Woman, like a sensitive barometer, reflects the state of the social atmosphere, the character and direction of the historical era, believed Daniil Lukich Mordovtsev – a novelist, publicist, historian, and one of the most popular authors of historical prose and popular scientific monographs in the second half of the 19th – early 20th century. Among his works, a special place is held by the collection of essays "Russian Historical Women." Having processed numerous sources – testimonies from eyewitnesses and historians, diary entries, private correspondence – the author, with his inherent literary skill, creates an extremely captivating and lively text, the charm and interest of which still completely explain the grand popularity of Mordovtsev's works among the readers of his time, interrupted only by the arrival of a new power and the predominance of a new perspective in the study of history.
This edition includes essays about women who left a mark in the history of Russia in the 18th century.