A book about people, their destinies and letters in which these destinies are reflected. The author takes a journey through countries and eras to talk about personalities who left their mark on history, literature, and art - from the Apostle Paul to Ivan the Terrible, from Pliny the Younger to Byron, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Maupassant, from Alexander Suvorov to Ivan Shmelev.V The book contains little-known details of the biographies of outstanding people and collects their letters. The selection is very authorial and personal, but many of these letters ended up being written into history, and some influenced it. Every letter—personal, friendly, and business—pulsates with life. They contain love, friendship, passion, disappointment, anger, peace, tears, pain, trepidation, joy. They contain the thoughts that possessed those who moved the pen. Behind each letter is the personality of the sender and the addressee. The author is convinced: letters are interesting, they are worth writing now. Even handwritten ones, because they have warmth. And you can’t put a dried flower in an email.

For whom: A book for lovers of history and stories, for everyone who is interested in human destinies. And also for those who still write letters.