Dreams of the commander. Historical novel

This book is about the history of Russian America and the life of Nikolai Rezanov - a Russian official who happened to meet such an extraordinary love on the shores of California ...
What is this extraordinary love that so struck us? Who was he - the chamberlain of Emperor Alexander I Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov? Was he a noble person or just an adventurer, for whom a business calculation replaces feelings, and personal ambitions above duty and honor?
What is his scandalous role in the round -the -world swimming of Russian sailors and a failure embassy in Japan? What is the contribution to the development of Russian America, relations with Japan? What did he achieve in defending the interests of Russia on the eastern borders of the empire? How was Nikolai Rezanov in California, why is he called the count and the commander, and why did he currently have to erect monuments?