About the book: 2022 / Our contemporary Sasha Ilyinsky has already completely settled into the body of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, and the life of the century before last no longer seems so terrible, like in the first days. I can already write with a pen and it’s much better with French. The same cannot be said about German, dancing and horse riding. And, to be honest, not very good with gun techniques. And ahead is the cadet camp, and then the school year. And if only that! What delights the intellectuals from Elena Pavlovna’s salon, surprises Mr. Herzen in London and makes them see the new Peter the Great in Sasha, for some reason the pope, Emperor Alexander Nikolaevich, does not really like. And even more so for educators Generals Gogel and Zinoviev. And the elder brother, Tsarevich Nix (who, by the way, needs to be saved) begins to see Sasha as a rival. In general, the clouds are gathering…