Jacqueline Monsigny is one of the most popular French writers writing in the genre of historical novel. In 1994, the Kron-Press publishing house released the trilogy “Zephyrina,” which was immediately noticed by our readers. We offer you a new work by the writer, “Floris.” In the second book, “The Knight of St. Petersburg,” the brothers Floris and Adrien de Villeneuve-Caramay come to St. Petersburg to promote the ascension of Peter I’s daughter Elizabeth to the throne. The court is not happy with the rise of the brothers, and, through secret intrigues, accusing them of treason, they are sent to hard labor. Many adventures await the brothers and their faithful friends - meeting with gypsies, traveling through Siberia, captivity and escape from Mongolia, meeting China.