About the book: 2011 / Prince M. N. Volkonsky - “Russian Dumas”, author of novels, the center of which is the unofficial history of the 18th century, intertwined with a number of intrigues and relationships, to unravel and open which seems possible only after many years. Biron and Bironism are one of the writer’s favorite themes. The last days of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. In whose hands will the power be? Biron, a temporary worker, the Empress’s favorite, or Anna Leopoldovna, her niece and heir to the throne? ““I feel sorry for you, Duke!” - said the empress, throwing down the pen and moving away from herself with her hand the paper signed by her. These words became historical, and after the vicissitudes that befell Biron, perspicacious historians began to see in them a prophecy about the sad fate of the duke. "Secrets and mysteries, complex interweaving of events in which they fall The book's heroes, incredible intrigues and adventures will make reading the novel exciting from the very first pages.