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Fridrikh-Avgust II Silʹnyĭ, kurfi͡urst kni͡azhestva Saksonii͡a i korolʹ Polʹshi, mechtal voĭti v istorii͡u kak velikiĭ polkovodet͡s i mudryĭ pravitelʹ, no proslavilsi͡a v osnovnom svoimi burnymi li͡ubovnymi pokhozhdenii͡ami.Kak grafine Anne-Konstant͡sii fon Kozelʹ udalosʹ proderzhatʹsi͡a podle Avgusta Silʹnogo dolʹshe vsekh svoikh sopernit͡s? Pochemu za devi͡atʹ let strastnoĭ li͡ubvi ona rasplatilasʹ poluvekovym zakli͡ucheniem v zloveshcheĭ kreposti Shtolpen? Kakim obrazom grafini͡a Vilʹgelʹmina fon Grevenit͡s, li͡ubovnit͡sa gert͡soga Ėberkharda-Li͡udviga, sumela postavitʹ na granʹ razorenii͡a bogatoe gert͡sogstvo Vi͡urtemberg? Kakai͡a neuderzhimai͡a strastʹ vladela markgrafom Durlakh-Badenskim silʹnee: k i͡unym aktrisam ili... k t͡svetam? Skolʹko zhen bylo u koroli͡a Prussii Fridrikha-Vilʹgelʹma II? Kem stala dli͡a nego prekrasnai͡a Vilʹgelʹmina Ėnke, dochʹ prostogo muzykanta?Kak ischezai͡ut vo tʹme vekov fakty i voznikai͡ut legendy? - Rasskazyvaet v svoeĭ novoĭ knige izvestnai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa Natalii͡a Sotnikova.

Frederick Augustus II the Strong, elector of the Principality of Saxony and king of Poland, wanted to go down in history as a great General and wise ruler, but became famous mainly for his stormy love Affairs.As Countess Anna Constantia von Cosel managed to survive by the side of Augustus the Strong longer than any of his rivals? Why had she paid for nine years of passionate love with a half-century's imprisonment in the sinister fortress of Stolpen? How did Countess Wilhelmina von Grevenitz, the mistress of Duke Eberhard-Ludwig, manage to bring the rich Duchy of württemberg to the brink of ruin? What uncontrollable passion possessed the Margrave of Durlach-Baden more: for young Actresses or... to the flowers? How many wives did king Frederick William II of Prussia have? What was the beautiful Wilhelmina Enke, the daughter of a simple musician, to him?How do facts disappear in the dark ages and legends arise? - Says the famous writer Natalia Sotnikova in her new book.