Ртуть и золото

Lekar YAkov Van Gedele pribyvaet v Moskvu, tolko chto perezhivshuyu izbranie novoy imperatritsy. Poteryav svoego pokrovitelya, shpiona, otravlennogo yadom, YAkov bezhit v Moskvu ot durnoy reputatsii v Kenigsberge i Polshe molva obvinyala v smerti patrona imenno ego.V Moskve, gde nikto ego ne znaet, YAkov mechtaet ustroitsya lichnym khirurgom k kakomu-nibud v meru boleznennomu pridvornomu intriganu. Vo vremya svoey moskovskoy meditsinskoy praktiki YAkov nablyudaet iznanku paradnoy stolichnoy zhizni i v neobychnom rakurse vidit svetskikh lvov i lvits. Sredi nikh para imperatorskikh favoritov, sostavlyayushchikh s imperatritsey bezumnyy lyubovnyy treugolnik, Byuren i Levenvold, geroi romana "Zoloto i stal"...