TSya knyha ye zachoplyuyuchym pohlyadom na zhyttya knyahyni Ol′hy, odniyeyi z nayyaskravishych postatey rann′oyi istoriyi Rusi. Avtor rozkryvaye yiyi rol′ u formuvanni derzhavy, pokazuyuchy, yak Ol′ha, pryyshovshy do vlady v zhorstokomu sviti X stolittya, zmohla vtrymaty Kyyiv, zminyty poryadok upravlinnya Russyu ta pryynyaty chrystyyanstvo. Knyha doslidzhuye yiyi charakter, stratehichni rishennya ta vplyv na maybutnye derzhavy, rozkryvayuchy istoriyu zhinky, yaka zalyshyla nezabutniy slid v istoriyi.
