The Empire at Its Zenith

On the eve of the first world war. In Russia, the economic boom, American industrialists dream about cooperation with the Bolsheviks in Switzerland are preparing a revolution, as in the Balkans, the Serbian extremists from the "black hand" of plotting an attempt on Archduke Ferdinand. The German general staff concerned: the completion in 1917 year rearmament of the army will make Russia an invincible. Need to hurry. Efforts to undermine the Russian monarchy from the inside out. Political adventurer Parvus helps Bolsheviks get for this large amount of money. The Russian exploration through Colonel rang Rödl's lot is known of underhanded fuss. The Emperor Nicholas Alexandrovich tries to avoid war. And the war is already on the doorstep. A novel of famous American writer Garry Karolinsky first in world literature recreates a truthful portrait of Emperor Nicholas II and his era, which was called the "spring of Russia," "the miracle of Nicholas II.