The dramatic events in the life of the main heroine Tamara Bendavid, heir to a wealthy Jewish family that converted to Christianity for her lover and was deceived by him, unfold against the backdrop of the historical events in Russia in the 1870s, portrayed by the author with genuine knowledge of the material. The vivid, figurative language and gripping plot spark deep interest in the reader, who will also have to draw a conclusion about the novel’s “bias.”