Kasimov bride. Soloviev V.

XVII century. The young king Alexei Mikhailovich came to choose a bride for himself. To do this, the most beautiful hawthorn and males from all over Rus' are taken to the palace, without taking into account the wealth of the family. The main thing is that the girl is beautiful, healthy and the temper has good. But this only in words the king should choose, listening only his heart, but in fact, in -hand intrigues weave in the palace in order to push Alexei Mikhailovich to a particular choice. Everyone wants to relax with the sovereign and through such a kinship to gain power. For the sake of this, almost all funds are good, and therefore the daughter of a poor Kasimov landowner, on which, despite all the boyar intrigues, the choice of the king falls in danger.

the work of the famous writer-historian Vsevolod Solovyov, full of unacceptable details of the one era, appreciated by more than one generation of readers.