Jean-Christophe Roufen, a famous French writer, laureate of the Prix Goncourt, historian, diplomat, one of the founders of the Doctors Without Borders movement, wrote many books that have gained enormous popularity. "Big Heart" still tops the bestseller lists in the historical novel section. In the shade of a dilapidated gazebo on a rocky islet in the Aegean Sea, the one who was the richest and most powerful man in France, the one who allowed Charles the Seventh to end the consequences, took refuge from the scorching sun Hundred Years' War. Jacques Coeur, former state treasurer, creditor to the most influential people in the kingdom, talks about his life. He unravels the web of incredible fate, interprets its mysterious signs: a leopard, the sea, a palace that resembles a medieval castle with one facade, and an Italian palazzo with another. But why is Jacques Coeur now fleeing from hired killers and what did he talk about with the most beautiful woman of the century, Agnes Sorel, in their last meeting?..For the first time in Russian.