Tayny dvorcovyh perevorotov

Politicheskaya istoriya Rossii XVIII veka - eto, po suti, istoriya dvorcovyh perevorotov. Uchenye vydelyayut sem' krupnyh "dvorcovyh bur'", potryasshih Rossiyskuyu imperiyu toy epohi. Eto vocarenie Ekateriny I, padenie Menshikova, vocarenie Anny Ioannovny, padenie Birona, vocarenie Elizavety Petrovny, Ekateriny II i Aleksandra I. K nim primykaet politicheski menee znachimaya, no shokirovavshaya russkoe obschestvo rasprava s Artemiem Volynskim i zagadochnaya, omrachivshaya triumf Ekateriny II, smert' Petra III v Ropshe. Istoriki nazyvayut raznye prichiny stol' chastoy smeny vlasti, odnako oni shodyatsya v odnom - kazhdyy takoy perevorot vnosil vazhnye izmeneniya v politiku gosudarstva, a v sluchae s Ekaterinoy II - oznamenoval nachalo novoy epohi v istorii Rossii. Istorik K.A.Pisarenko v svoey knige rassmatrivaet taynye pruzhiny dvorcovyh zagovorov i perevorotov, znakomit chitatelya s yarkimi lichnostyami togo vremeni, razvenchivaet ustoyavshiesya mify i legendy.