About the book: 2002 / Nikolai Meshchersky fell in love with the beautiful widow Lizaveta Sergeevna Lvova at first sight and for the rest of his life. And even if his beloved is known as a model of virtue, even if she resists the frantic onslaught of Nicholas with her last strength, the young aristocrat is sure that sooner or later he will be able to light a fire of reciprocal passion in Lizaveta - a burning, all-consuming, imperious one.…