The novel “Ave Maria” concludes a six-volume cycle about Russian émigrés of the first wave. At the center of the narrative are the fates of the sisters Maria and Alexandra Merzlovsky, daughters of the admiral of the Russian Imperial Fleet—paths that combined Russia and Tunisia, Russians, Arabs, and French. The novel contains both fresh material and a strong intrigue, vivid and vivid characters, as well as descriptions of historical events of the 20th century unknown to the general public.
As readers and critics note, separate, self-contained novels have come together into an epic—a genre that is undoubtedly relic-like in our hurried times.