On the Eastern Frontier. Book 1. Afanasy Shestakov. A Historical Novel

The events described in the novel are not the author’s invention: they are based on some historical fact—and the events themselves are recreated from a multitude of primary sources and the works of respected historians. Lies! There is very little fiction in this work. One can only be amazed at the extent to which people’s destinies are intertwined, and how the events of those years are filled with drama. What was done in the first half of the eighteenth century is already a ready-made romantic plot, teeming with heroes, intrigue, adventures, and mysticism.