In troubled times, people appear on the historical arena who subsequently become the topic of research for more than one generation of historians. False Dmitry is one of the most prominent figures of this kind. To this day, his origin is not clear; the rapid rise of the impostor and his terrible death still serve as a symbol of the fickleness of people's love. Stanislav Wenglovsky has not only deep knowledge in the field of Russian and Polish history, but also the ability to build a fascinating plot and clothe it in a vivid literary form.