A novel about a feat that has forever remained one of the brightest in Russian history. A novel about the lofty patriotism of the most ordinary people. They belong to different estates and classes. They are not heroes at all. Simply Muscovites, far from ideal, loving and loved, dreaming of being happy and successful... But when Napoleon’s troops enter Moscow, ordinary Muscovites become heroes, capable of colossal risk and lofty self-sacrifice.
And Moscow burns, set on fire by its own residents. A fiery hell opens beneath the invaders’ feet...