Princess Tarakanova, Casanova, Mozart. What do a beautiful adventurer, a tireless heartthrob and a brilliant composer have in common? They are children of the same century - an intoxicating, gallant century. Their fates attracted the attention of their contemporaries and occupied the minds of their descendants. Their life and death are a series of mysteries that History is in no hurry to reveal. The book by Edward Radzinsky contains bold author's versions, original interpretations of historical events. The curtain has been lifted on the secrets... The collection includes works:• The Last of the House of Romanov• Love extravagances of Giacomo Casanova• Several meetings with the late Mr. Mozart• Koba• Walking with the executioner• In Rus' there is only grief from the mind• About the love of mathematics• Theater of the times of Nero and Seneca “Prophets and madmen, rulers of thoughts, earthly gods... The secret of glory, the riddles of decisions that changed the destinies of the world, the destructive lightning of history and, finally, the blueprint of the Lord in the destinies of people... All this is in the book.” Edward Radzinsky