The history of medieval Europe is rich in tragic, surprising from a modern perspective, and sometimes scandalous and comical events. What happened then, behind the façade of opulent palaces? Maria Garanina, author of a popular blog on LiveJournal and Yandex.Zen, explains this. She understands court intrigues as if she herself had lived in a past life at the courts of the Tudors and Lancasters, the Valois and Bourbons. She juxtaposes conflicting versions of the same events, reveals the lengths to which the characters went to achieve their goals, and puts forward her own versions of what happened. Most importantly, Maria is a wonderful storyteller. Readers of this book will certainly not be bored.