1812 god. Angelina Korf vernulas iz Smolnogo instituta v pomeste deda i vedet bezzabotnuyu zhizn provintsialnoy baryshni, ne pomyshlyaya o zamuzhestve. No rokovaya vstrecha na beregu Volgi s seroglazym gusarom Nikitoy Argamakovym menyaet vse, zapolnyaya ee zhizn strastyu i schastem.
Voyna s Napoleonom povergaet Angelinu v puchinu stradaniy. Devushka perezhivaet strashnye potryaseniya, stanovitsya zhertvoy izoschrennyh intrig, zateyannyh vrazheskimi lazutchikami, i popadaet vmeste s otstupayuschimi frantsuzskimi voyskami v Parizh. Ryadom s ney, beremennoy i neschastnoy, vsegda okazyvaetsya kakoy-nibud muzhchina, gotovyy okazat pokrovitelstvo zolotovolosoy russkoy krasavitse, no Angelina ne mozhet zabyt ottsa svoey docheri - togo samogo derzkogo gusara...
Geroi romanov Eleny Arsenevoy umeyut lyubit Rodinu, dostoyno otstaivayut ee chest i nezavisimost. Lyuboy, chitaya knigu, okunetsya v vodovorot strastey XIX veka i proniknetsya zhivym interesom k istorii svoey strany. ZHenschiny zahotyat pohodit na prekrasnyh, strastnyh, umnyh i gordyh dam, chitateli-muzhchiny - na geroev. Ved oni ah kak horoshi, kogo ni vozmi! Nikita Argamakov, vozlyublennyy Angeliny, o kotoroy idet rech v romane «Fortuna laskaet otvazhnyh», - obrazets nastoyaschego muzhchiny. Molod, krasiv, silen i otvazhen - istoriya ih s Angelinoy lyubvi chitaetsya na odnom dyhanii.
Obzhigayuschie strasti i neveroyatnye priklyucheniyah v istoricheskih dekoratsiyah. Romany Eleny Arsenevoy ne nuzhdayutsya v rekomendatsiyah
