A. Shardin (Pyotr Petrovich Sukhonin) is the author of the widely known historical novels “The Family of Princes Zatsepin”, “At the Turn of the Century” and others in the last century. This edition of the novel “Princess Vladimirskaya (Tarakanova), or the Zatsepin capitals” is the first after 1885. Action The works cover the period of the reign of Catherine II. The book shows the real characters and their relationships - Empress Catherine II, the counts Orlov brothers, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Golovkin, Prince Golitsyn, the counts Shuvalov brothers and others - and widely covers important historical events - the Pugachev rebellion, the Chesme battle during the Russian-Turkish war. The main character of the novel - Princess Vladimirskaya (Tarakanova), the imaginary daughter of Elizabeth Petrovna, who declared herself a contender for the Russian throne - studied in France, lived in Italy, from where she was deceived by Alexei Orlov-Chesmensky and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress, where she died .The book is intended for a wide range of readers.