TheTVseriesarebasedonZahariStoyanov`s"NotesOnBulgarianUprisings",aclassiclate-19th-centurymemoir.Thenarrativerevolvesroundthepreparation,theupsanddowns,andthecrushingofBulgarianuprisingagainsttheOttomandomination,whichbrokeinApril1876.AneventofgreatsignificancefortheawakeningofthenationalconsciousnessoftheBulgarianpeople,itattractedandheldtheattentionoftheEuropeanpublic.Peopleacrossthecontinentwereshockedbythebloodyoutragesoftheoppressors.TheTVseriesmanagetopresentasweepingpictureofthecomplexandcontradictorynatureoftheeventsitdealswith.Revolutionaryfervor,self-sacrificeandbreath-takingheroismhadtofightagainstcrushingodds:theimmensenumericalsuperiorityoftheenemy,aswellascertaininstanceofcowardice,dastardlinessandeveninfamoustreason.