The French writer Régine Desforges now enjoys worldwide fame. The cycle of novels “The Blue Bicycle” brought her a tremendous success, which far exceeded the borders of France. This cycle is often compared to Margaret Mitchell’s great novel “Gone with the Wind”: the life story of the intelligent, courageous and beautiful heroine R. Desforges named Léa takes place against the backdrop of the grandiose events that shook France in 1939-1949, just like the story of Scarlett O 'Hara is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. The cycle of novels by R. Desforges undoubtedly has a truly French originality and will have the same success in Russia as it has throughout the reading world. In memory of Prince Ivan Vyazemsky