It was not without reason that Empress Catherine the Great said that “nothing could be more unfortunate than the Russian Grand Duchess.” And although this was said about the granddaughters of the Empress, this phrase fully reflected the fate of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, who in her youth had to experience many sorrows and sorrows precisely due to the fact that she was the daughter of the emperor, and therefore the Grand Duchess of the Russian court .Endless attempts at matchmaking, even the desire of some nobles, pursuing their own interests, to marry their nephew, Emperor Peter II, humiliation during the period of Bironovism, and even love, which could only end in a secret wedding... The book tells about love dramas and tragedies in the families of the father, grandfather and great-grandfather of Empress Elizabeth, about her difficult path to the throne, the secrets of significant events at the throne of the empress are revealed. The author also touches on a number of tragic consequences of the reign of the daughter of the transformer, who reared Russia on its hind legs, during his reign, reducing the population of our Fatherland by at least a third and introducing savage executions, which Russia had never known before.