This historical novel is about a Livonian nobleman, Timotheus Eberhard von Bock [et],[1] who has married a peasant girl named Eeva[2] to prove everyone that good men are equal before nature, God and ideals.

Eeva's brother Jakob analyses von Bock's life throughout his journal and tries to figure out if the nobleman is truly mad as everyone seems to believe.

The Czar's Madman is arguably one of the best-known Estonian novels in the world.

The story is written in diary form, describing the impact of revolutionary thinking on the part of a family member.

He justifies this act by an oath made to the Czar to give an honest appraisal of the situation.