This man was not born in vain and lived a long and extremely interesting life. He wrote about himself: “I was born in one world, I will disappear into another, completely different from it, and they will read me in a third, also changed.” Maurice Druon lived for more than 90 years. His family tree spread branches not only in France, but also in Flanders, Brazil and Russia. During his life, he was surrounded by people who struggled to find the meaning of life. Fate brought him to many crossroads of History. Druon lived with his age. He observed the miracles, exploits and upheavals of his time not only with delight, but also with alarm. From Maurice Druon, who gave us the saga “The Damned Kings”. For the first time in Russian.