The new book by Yegor Yakovlev, author of the bestsellers “War of Extermination” and “Red Storm,” is based on the biographies of geniuses, adventurers and outright eccentrics, in whose undertakings few believed. They lived in different eras, in different countries and even on different continents. They crossed unknown Greenland on skis, created new architectural styles, literary trends and participated in the formation of the Russian legal profession school. Some of them achieved world fame, others undeservedly remained on the periphery of history. Heinrich Schliemann, Jules Verne, Fridtjof Nansen, Fyodor Plevako - their actions changed and continue to change the ornament of the historical canvas, and their biographies inspire.