Adventuress

Valerian Yakovlevich Svetlov - Russian writer, art historian, theatrical critic, the author of historical novels and stories, whose name was well known in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Roman "adventurist" tells about the mysterious beauty of Mary Danilovna Hamilton, Camera Freillina of the Russian Empress Catherine I appeared in St. Petersburg at the order of the reign of Peter the Great and from the complete obscurity of the wealth and power rising to the top of the wealth. Having information about the past of the Empress, she skillfully manipulated by the companions of Peter I, and beauty and charm allowed her to seduce the king himself ... But in the life of the adventurers, there were sinister secrets, which in the end and led her on the fell.
In the book also included an essay of the Russian historian Mikhail Ivanovich Sevvsky"s "Freulin Hamilton", dedicated to the events of the Peter I era and containing curious details of several print essays