We are used to seeing history in battle scenes and heroic biographies of commanders, kings, writers. Most often men. The lives of women as part of the people have long remained in the shadows. Although exactly what seems insignificant most often is the very essence of the story. A captured Turkish woman who became the daughter of a regiment, an aristocrat lost in cards, a foundling girl who turned into a great actress, daughters of nobles - bargaining chips in court intrigues. Beautiful, but full of sadness and longing eyes saw the most vile manifestations of masculine nature, observed the highest manifestations of the human soul. Against the background of darkness, true love, friendship and nobility always lit up. Incredible love and sacrifice, impossible madness and cruelty, unexpected turns of fate and great tragedies.