The count's house was empty, life in it stopped. It seems that the time of high-profile investigations, glorious victories, duels, and noisy meetings is over...

An influential rich man, his inheritance-hungry children, a prince mired in dirty dealings, a butler privy to his master's secrets, a local doctor, an incred...

During the solemn celebrations of the Baptism of Rus' in the capital, a young girl disappears. There are no witnesses to the abduction, no note left, no sign...

Friedrich Schiller’s unfinished story “The Spiritual Seer.” The second half of the 18th century is not only the grace of the Enlightenment, it is the era of ...

The most significant American play staged on Broadway in recent years. Pulitzer Prize 2008. In Russian - on samizdat, translated by Roman Markholia.

Eva Ibbotson’s charming and warm-hearted tale, A Secret Countess was originally published as A Countess Below Stairs. Anna, a young countess, has lived in...

Former intelligence officer Count Westfall, albeit reluctantly, nevertheless agreed to find and track down the young governess Rachel Newbury: after all, acc...

—Misha, have a conscience! Well, how long can you go?!—What is it, Laura?—Are you already a count? Or not?!—Count. Yes. Well, sort of...

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“The Countess de Monsoreau” (“La Dame de Monsoreau”, 1846) is one of the most significant works of Alexandre Dumas. In this fascinating adventure-historical ...

You are a count, an archmage, a general, and, most importantly, you are loved by a girl whom you are about to call your wife. But why are there so many envio...

Count N. Adlerberg's book about a trip to Jerusalem in 1845 can be called an exemplary work among literary descriptions of pilgrimages to the Holy Sepulcher ...

Empress Catherine the Second was known for her love of jewelry and was considered one of the largest collectors of the era. A special place in her collection...