Favorite. Book 2. His Taurida. Pikul V.

The novel “Favorite” is a multifaceted work in which a huge layer of historical reality is raised, a wide range of Russian life of the second half of the 18th century is given. The author depicts an era through the prism of the actions of the protagonist - the brightest Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin -Tauride, the favorite of Catherine II; A person of a complex, largely contradictory, but, of course, talented and smart, decisively invading state affairs and saw his duty in Russia's service.

compilation, comments by A.I. Pikul.