The name of the Russian novelist Yevgeny Andreevich Salias de Turnemir, known to contemporaries as Count Salias, was forgotten for many post-October years. A master of action-packed historical and adventurous storytelling, reflecting the turbulent 18th century in his work, he introduced his own understanding of events into historical fiction. Based on unofficial sources, on knowledge of family archives and traditions, his works are a contact with genuine, living life. The novel "Petersburg Action" reveals the ins and outs of the guards conspiracy of 1762, which enthroned Catherine II. In juicy, colorful scenes, the many-sided court world around Peter III and Catherine is described. But not only the strict historical sequence of the plot and characters of the characters attracts the novel. Like Alexander Dumas, Salias introduces fictional heroes into the narrative, and through their fate enters the narrative of a large life of the country, dependent on the randomness of one or another accession.