About the book: 1995 / The book is dedicated to one of the most tragic eras of Russian history - the time of Emperor Paul. Theodor Mundt (1808–1861), a German writer, using materials from the archives of Prussia, managed to show the Russian monarch in a new way, revealing the secrets of court life and European politics. The novel “Tsar Paul” was written and published in 1861. As a documentary supplement in the book includes memoirs of participants in the regicide on March 11, 1801 and their contemporaries.