Ten Years in Exile - the story of the famous French writer Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) about Napoleon and how, fleeing his tyranny, in the summer of 1812, in the midst of hostilities, she crossed all of Europe in order to get to England through Austria, Russia and Sweden. The translation is provided with detailed comments, which not only explain the realities mentioned in the text, but also restore the sources of Mrs. de Stael's information about Russia and the circle of her Russians dating.