About the book: year / Let me invite you to step boldly with me into the era of Alexander I, when the Prussian battles that brought glory to Russian heroes had already died down officers and soldiers, and when the Peace of Tilsit had already been concluded, which left a slight touch of disappointment in the souls of those same officers. In the air of the Russian Empire, one can already easily sense the tension before the inevitable war with France, whose ruler is already planning to advance troops to Danzig next spring .No, we will not go with you to the capital, where the empress yearns for her beloved who died so tragically, and not to Moscow, which is yet to turn into ashes and ruins. You and I will set foot in the provinces, where the rules of life inherent in Catherine’s era are still in force, and the manifestation of feelings and emotions is not subject to sharp criticism from secular matrons with lorgnettes in their hands, covered with mittens…