We bring to your attention the historical story “The Empress's Maid of Honor,” which was written in 1887. In the center of the story is the story of a simple girl who, by chance, became a friend of a royal person. The author recreates the unique appearance of the Russian Empire during the reign of Empress Catherine I. Evgeniy Andreevich Salias (Salias de Tournemire) (1840–1908) - Russian writer, novelist. At the end of the 19th century century, Count Salias, the author of numerous historical novels, was ahead in reader popularity not only of his fellow Russian writers, but also of the European favorites of the entertainment genre: Dumas and Jules Verne.