About the book: 1988 / One of the best works of the people's writer of Latvia A.M. Upit, the novel "On the turn of the century" tells the story of the historical destinies of the Latvian peasantry in the 17th century -XVIII centuries. The novel paints pictures of the people's liberation struggle against the German barons and Swedish invaders, recreates the history of Latvia's annexation to Russia. The second book of the tetralogy of the people's writer of Latvia Andrei Upit includes its third and fourth parts: “On the Estonian border” and “At the gates” Riga", which continue the story of the life of the owner of the Tannenhof estate, Baron von Brümmer, and his serf, the blacksmith Martin Ataugi..