The name of Grigory Petrovich Danilevsky is well known to many generations of readers. The works included in the book are united by the theme of the struggle for power and the royal throne in Russia. The novel “Mirovich” tells the story of the tragic fate of the “royal prisoner” Ivan VI Antonovich - the crowned Emperor of Russia - who was imprisoned by Elizabeth Petrovna in the Shlisselburg fortress as a child. The novel “Princess Tarakanova” is a detective story about an unknown adventurer who posed as the daughter of Empress Elizabeth and tried to challenge the throne from Catherine II.