Evgeniy Anisimov is a famous historian, world-famous scientist - he writes each of his books like a fascinating detective story! There are no dry numbers or piles of facts in them, and historical characters are living people with interesting destinies. Anisimov is the author of the books “Where should we go: Russia after Peter the Great”, “Aphrodite in Power”, “Rack and Whip: Political Investigation and Russian Society in the 18th Century”, “Anna Ioannovna”, “Ioann Antonovich”; author and presenter of the series of television programs “Palace Secrets”, “Prisoners of Fate”, “Cabinet of History.” “This crowd of my heroes formed somehow suddenly. About some I wrote a script for a documentary program for television, about others I found out by chance and became fascinated by the story of their lives, others have always attracted me with the brightness and unusualness of their fate...” (Evgeniy Anisimov)