Nathan Eidelman's book, "The Edge of the Century: A Conspiracy Against the Emperor: Political Struggle in Russia at the Turn of the 18th and 19th Centuries," explores the domestic politics of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The narrative centers on the figure of Paul I, whose personality has always raised many questions, and describes the details of the conspiracy and the circumstances of the bloody coup, which became the subject of numerous legends and changed the course of history