“There is no place more boring and magnificent than the court of the Russian emperor.” So foreign ambassadors wrote about the imperial court in the beginning of the 19th century. Luxurious and brilliant, living according to strict laws, the whole world inside the royal palace was available only to the elect. Everything went here according to the ceremonial: the order of greetings and the presentation of dishes, smiles and a secular conversation … But, as you know, nothing human is alien to the powerful of this world. And under the masks prescribed in the protocols, the dramas of unrequited love, hidden hatred, madness and eternal choice between desire and duty were played out. The new book of Leonid Razkechkov opens up to the reader locked for simple mortal doors and invites everyone to the emperor’s court.
Author
Rolls Leonid Vladimirovich
Editor
Vlasova E.
Publisher
Peter, 2012
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