Vsevolod Solovyov (1849–1903), son of the famous Russian historian S.M. Solovyov and the elder brother of the poet and philosopher Vladimir Solovyov, is the author of a number of wonderful historical novels that describe the events of the 17th–19th centuries.

The second book of historical novels by Vsevolod Solovyov continues the series of historical bestsellers started by the publishing house “Friendship of Peoples”. Secrets hidden by the darkness of time; historical episodes involving adventure and detective stories, and their participants, including emperors and generals, adventurers and villains, beautiful ladies and gallant gentlemen. But one way or another, the subject of study of the series is Russian history and the history of our closest neighbors.