For the first time in Russian — the latest book by Christopher Buckley, author of the famous novel "here they smoke" and a dozen other bestsellers. This time, the famed satirist, who knows the political kitchen from the inside (a former speechwriter for George H. W. Bush), "decided to expand the palette and time coverage — and surpassed himself" (the Washington Times). London, 1664. The English revolution is over, the monarchy is restored, and Charles II is on the throne. Most of the judges who signed the death sentence of the previous monarch, Charles I, almost two decades ago were found and executed, while only two took refuge in the North American colonies. And so Balthazar de Saint-Michel, the hapless brother-in-law of Samuel Pepys, a high-ranking official of the Maritime Department, goes in search of them. In the New World, Balti will meet diehard puritans and sinless Quakers, warring Indians and adventurers of all stripes, as well as a mysterious agent of the Crown, called to help him in the search. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Pepys and his Department are preparing for another hopeless war with Holland... "we are not just a historical novel, but a murderously funny read, the apotheosis of frivolity, pure delight from the first to the last page" (Providence Journal).