A fairy tale about a girl, Henrietta, who has been wearing a man's dress since childhood and introduces herself as "Henry." One day she learns that a dragon ...

The history of England is a continuous movement and a series of constant changes. But the entire history of England, starting from primitive times, is permea...

The novel “The Mature Years of King Henry IV” is the second part of the historical duology of Heinrich Mann. With great skill, the writer depicts all the vic...

This first book about the life and work of the outstanding poet, prose writer and translator, leader of the uncensored Soviet avant-garde Genrikh Sapgir (192...

The new novel by the modern writer V. Yesenkov is dedicated to one of the most famous rulers of world history - the English king Henry VIII (1491-1574).

The life of the American writer Henry Miller (1891–1980) formed the basis of his novels “Tropic of Cancer”, “Tropic of Capricorn”, “Black Spring” and the “Ro...

Jacob Henry Schiff (1847–1920) was a famous American banker, philanthropist and public figure. Since 1885, he managed the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb and Co....

A charming retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey--a tale of gothic misunderstandings through Henry Tilney's eyes...At the age of four and twenty, He...

The book by Kondraty Birkin (P.P. Karataev), an almost forgotten Russian writer, offers readers a rare opportunity to feel the atmosphere of palace secrets, ...

The book by Kondraty Birkin (P.P. Karataev), an almost forgotten Russian writer, offers readers a rare opportunity to feel the atmosphere of palace secrets, ...

This publication is the first full-fledged Russian-language biography of the outstanding American short story writer O. Henry (1862–1910). This man lived not...

The dilogy of the German writer Heinrich Mann about the French king Henry IV is deservedly considered a masterpiece of historical prose, comparable to the be...