Adventuress. The One Who Lost Her Name

A series of historical novels, collaboratively created by two renowned writers, is addressed to fans of the adventure genre and admirers of classic Russian prose. Besides the captivating plot, these books are particularly interesting because many of their characters are... real historical figures, shapers of Russia's fate in the first half of the 19th century. Alexander I, Nicholas I, Benckendorff, and Moscow governor Rostopchin - these and other historical characters are authentically and vividly portrayed based on letters and memoirs of contemporaries and are as active participants in the story 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 lost her family in the Moscow fire, her fortune, and her social standing, faces numerous hardships and must learn to withstand a harsh fate…