A Real Princess and other stories by Boris Akunin. Short summary

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A collection of blogger posts. Fascinating stories with real historical characters. Political essays. Comments from blog subscribers.

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Stories-miniatures about real events from the recent past and from the depths of centuries. Essays on the fates of interesting historical characters. Stories about extraordinary women — Lady Montague, Marie Roland, Noor Inayat-Khan.
Discussions of hereditary genius, the talent of the writer, an intelligent woman, a real princess.
Political essays on the issues of the day, related to certain events in the country, and not lost relevance to this day.
Reports of blitzes conducted by the author on the Internet. Subjects are wide-ranging — people, society, art, politics.
Correspondence with readers in question-and-answer format, where the writer answers his subscribers’ questions about everything in the world.