Self -circle. Salias E.A.

Self -Coarse - this is how marriage was called in the old days, concluded arbitrarily, without the blessing of parents. In the fall of 1762, it is on such an adventure that the guardsman Borschev is decided, who is in love, and mutually, but does not hope to obtain the consent of the father of his chosen one. Because of the adventure, Borschev is facing a court, but this is not the main trouble. A month earlier, Borschev recklessly settled in the same house with his colleagues - the Guryev brothers, and they turned out to be troubled, who wanted to overthrow Empress Catherine II. So prove now that it is not to blame! And the punishment for the embarrassment is much more severe than for self -circle.

the novel, written by the classic of Russian historical prose by Evgeny Salias, lies a little -known episode of the reign of Catherine II - the conspiracy of the Guards, headed by the Guryevs and Peter Khrushchev brothers. Inspired by the success of the Orlov brothers, who led Catherine to power, the conspirators decided to make a new revolution, but were arrested shortly after the coronation of Catherine.