Is it really true that the first Romanov was elected by the people? A 16-year-old boy who could neither read nor write. And if so, then the consequences for Russia turned out to be, according to the author of the book, tragic: it was relatively easy to elect the first of the Romanovs, but it turned out to be much more difficult to get rid of them. The book provides characteristics of the reign of kings and queens from the Romanov dynasty to Paul I, who was killed by the conspirators.