For the first time, everything about the army of Charles XII! The Great Northern War of 1700–1721. became a turning point in the history of many countries an...

In 1476, Charles the Bold, fleeing from Swiss troops, left his jewelry. Among them is Charles' talisman - a brooch decorated with three rubies, called the "T...

In this book you can get acquainted with such heroes as Macau and Tsar Karl, nicknamed “Kar-Karovich”. Macau has a family and they will go to another oversea...

“Through his works and his career, Dickens became a major symbol of 19th-century London and Victorian society as a whole. His thoughtful melancholy and brigh...

Werner von Heydenstam (1859–1940) was a Swedish poet and prose writer who received the Nobel Prize in 1916 “as the most prominent representative of the new e...

The new monograph by historian V. E. Molodyakov continues the series of works on French nationalism in the first half of the twentieth century and is the fir...

When you’ve been out of work for six weeks and it’s time to pay for oxygen, that is, for life, you take on any job, including dubious ones. And there can be ...

Charles Bukowski is an outstanding American writer and poet who has long become a cult figure throughout the world; Tom Waits and Jean Genet called him the b...

The war, called the Crimean, or Eastern (1853–1856), ended. Türkiye and France admitted defeat. But England did not want to admit this, continuing to harm Ru...

The name of Olivier de La Marche is inextricably linked with the exaltation of the knightly idea and the glorification of the Burgundian court. He grew up at...

For thousands of years, debates about the origins of man have not subsided. At the same time, most often, scientists categorically deny the version of the Bi...