The novel tells about the youth of the Spanish countess, the beautiful Eugenia Montijo, who later became the French empress wife of Napoleon III, countless intrigues and adventures accompanying the path to the throne. This is a fascinating narrative of treachery and betrayal, but also of great love and unshakable loyalty, unbreakable male friendship and high spiritual nobility. In Volume II of the novel, the reader witnesses the dramatic events that shook France in the 70s of the last century, the unrestrained luxury of the French court during the time of Napoleon III and the collapse of the empire, and with it the fall of the brilliant Eugene. Here, many mysterious stories find their happy and sometimes tragic end.