XVI century - the time of Elizabeth I in England, Mary Stuart in Scotland, Catherine de 'Medici in France. But passions are no less fervent in Ukraine than in Western Europe. Russian Rusyn-Ukrainian Princess Anna Sokolska was at the center of the turbulent events. Both she and all the other figures in this book, from Queen Anna Jagiellonian to Severin Nalyvayko and Prince Constantine of Ostroh, are real people.
diplomas. She is opposed by many men: from influential relatives to spies of Muscovy and King Stephen Batory. Only her brother and friend are on her side. And Anna has a secret for which she is capable of anything. Will a brave woman be able to get around all the traps and fulfill the will of the patroness - the Queen of the Commonwealth, the last of the Jagiellonians? Will she be able to protect herself, her land and the people who have entrusted their lives to her?
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