The book destroys the myth of the terem seclusion of sovereign wives and daughters, reveals little-known pages from the life of women of the grand ducal and royal family of the XIV-XVI centuries. Many of the stories associated with their names are unclear even to venerable scholars. The life of Evdokia Dmitrievna, wife of Dmitry Donskoy, is unknown. The identity of Ivan the Terrible's mother, Elena Glinskaya, is mysterious. How did she become the wife of the Grand Duke, why did she die untimely? Very little is known about the beloved wife of Ivan the Terrible - Anastasia, after whose death the wise and just king turned into a bloody tyrant.