The life of the outstanding Russian singer Nadezhda Vasilievna Plevitskaya (1884–1940) ended truly tragically. At the hour of death, not a single loved one was near her. Those who loved her passionately and tenderly and whom she gave with her love disappeared. Worse, everyone who had applauded her for many years, who sincerely admired her talent, who cried when listening to her voice, turned away from her. They did not forgive Plevitskaya for the fact that, trying to earn the opportunity to return from a foreign land to her homeland, she agreed to participate in Soviet intelligence operations of incredible ingenuity. The action of Leonid Mlechin's book takes place against the backdrop of the dramatic history of Russian emigration. sign of information products 16+