Epatage is their life credo, bright, unforgettable emotions are joy for the heart, scandal is the only possible way of existence! For these extraordinary ladies there were no prohibitions in love, they despised conventions, laughed at public morality, their conscience lived according to its own laws. They were hated - and idolized, despised - and extolled to the skies. Read about the life of the brilliant Sofia Kovalevskaya, the unbending Alexandra Kollontai, the cunning Sonya Zolotaya Ruchka and other women known for their scandalous reputations in the historical short stories of Elena Arsenyeva...