This collection includes the most famous speeches of F. N. Plevako, which are not only a model of oratory and advocacy, but also represent fascinating stories.What extenuating circumstances can be found for abbess Mitrofania, cynically pocketing huge sums from the funds of gullible parishioners?How can you justify Prince Gruzinsky, who shot his children’s young tutor in front of witnesses?How to understand the intricate family drama that played out on the estate of the Lukashevich landowners, and in a daring theft of securities from the rich Galich?And what actually underlay the scandalous trial of officer Bartenev, who killed the beautiful actress, the trial that inspired Bunin to the brilliant story “The Case of Cornet Yelagin”? Editor's layout saved in PDF A4.