This story is about the battle that happened on July 8, 1709 on the Poltava field, and called the Battle of Poltava. About the wise Russian Tsar Peter Alekseevich, nicknamed the Great after the victory, and who made Russia the greatest state of the North. About the crazy Swedish king Charles XII, who in one day turned Sweden from a great naval power into a country famous only for its pickled herring. And about the little twelve-year-old Swedish drummer who, trusting his king, went out on his first and last military campaign. What did this enthusiastic boy want? What did he dream about? And what happened to him? All you have to do is read the story and find out about it.