This novel of Vasiliy Аксенова awarded with bonus "Букер" for 2004.In 60th of the eighteenth century, of "century gallant", two considerable personalities - Voltaire and Catherine Great very became interested by each other. Ancient pictures come back to life in the novel of Vasiliy Аксенова, and noble heroes go down from them, passions boil, to us unusual, to be taken lightly not drama of the ageless Voltaire ideas is strung...