About the book: year / While a new conspiracy is brewing against Russia, in which, against his own will, a brilliant handsome man, the rejected favorite of the flighty Empress Elizabeth, Nikita Afanasyevich, is involved Beketov, the Empress herself takes care of the outfits, selects new gentlemen for herself and arranges magnificent balls. The usual confusion reigns at court, different interests collide, risky adventures are carried out, but Nikita Beketov is still faithful to his passion, and where love interferes in state affairs, you can expect anything.