Fyodor Plevako - Selected speeches. Gift book bound in leather.

This collection includes the most famous speeches of F. N. Plevako, which are not only an example of oratory and advocacy, but also represent fascinating stories.

What mitigating circumstances can be found for Abbess Mitrofania, who cynically pocketed huge sums from the funds of gullible parishioners?

How can one justify the Prince of Georgia, who shot his children's young tutor in front of witnesses?

How to understand the complicated family drama that played out in the estate of the landowners of the Lukashevichs, and the audacious theft of securities from the rich Galich?

And what really lay at the heart of the scandalous trial of officer Bartenev, who killed a beautiful actress - the process that inspired Bunin to the brilliant story "The Case of Cornet Elagin"?