Marcus Elliot, whose career as an art dealer collapsed overnight, gets a chance to turn things around. He must compile a catalog for the auction of the Russian gold artist Zoya Korvin-Krukovskaya. Behind the serenity of the golden paintings, Elliot discovers the rich life of Zoya, who was brought up at the Romanov court, escaped from the dungeons of the Lubyanka, studied with the great masters of painting - revolutionary Moscow and prim Stockholm, bohemian Montparnasse and exotic Tunisia. Elliot falls under the spell of Zoya, who had amazing power over men , and, convinced that the artist had something to do with the death of his mother, is desperately trying to unravel the secrets hidden in her paintings - and in correspondence with countless fans... In "Zoin's Gold" by the English writer Philip Sington, the stories of the turbulent 20th century, world painting and unusual a woman who left an indelible mark on Russian art.