V Gatchine, vdali ot stolichnogo shuma i revoljutsionnykh potrjasenij, prokhodila zhizn tsarskikh velmozh i rossijskikh imperatorov, po vole kotorykh luchshie zarubezhnye i otechestvennye arkhitektory, khudozhniki, stroiteli preobrazovyvali eti zemli. Kniga adresovana shirokomu krugu chitatelej.