There are events, phenomena and people that always arouse burning interest in everyone. These are the heroes of this book. For it is difficult to find a person who has never heard of the predictions of Nostradamus or the legendary ancestor of all vampires Dracula, or the fact that Shakespeare did not write his works himself. And these are not all the mysteries of the Renaissance. After all, it was during this period that the incomprehensible Leonardo created; At the same time, the seemingly inexplicable fall of the powerful empires of the Aztecs and Incas occurred under the pressure of a handful of adventurers. And finally, in this era, which gave birth to the very concept of “freedom of conscience,” the Jesuit Order appeared and became almost omnipotent - a mysterious organization that considered its task to fight any manifestations of free thought. Our book will shed light on all these mysterious events.< /p>