“Today he is the most famous historian of all writers and the most famous writer among historians. At the same time, “Alexander II” is perhaps the best of all written by Radzinsky the historian. Clear characters, living - without reverence or aspiration - heroes, great love, painful jealousy... Brilliant aphorisms, a crystal of thought sparkling through detective intrigue, and some amazing combination of scale with the most detailed detail. In this book, eras collide palpably - like icebergs. Before your eyes, one Russia is splitting apart and another is being born. With absolutely fair longing for freedom. With an absolutely wild idea that one can and should kill for the sake of freedom.” Elena Yampolskaya, Izvestia