The book includes novels dedicated to the war between Mexico and the United States (1846-1848).

Artist N. Gorbunov.

The story was published in the journal “Science and Life”, No. 8, 2005. Drawings by I. Shumilkina.

“They say and print whatever they want about me... Am I really like that?! Say that I am a hundred times worse - and out of twenty people, ten will believe i...

“The glow of the fire gilded the black clouds hovering over Tsar Grad, and, reflected in the quiet streams of the Bosphorus, the light water was likened to f...

“To this day we have seen Mr. Pogodin in the dry field of historical research and scholarly criticism, we did justice to his knowledge, but did not think at ...

“The flames of war and strife devastated Spain; The Spanish people fought against the power of Napoleon. A trail of blood among the ashes marked the path of ...

“You definitely want me to tell you something. If you please. - But now I’m not in such a mood as to amuse you with stories about the Thief Fox, the Honest C...

“For the first time for six years, I found myself in the society of Writers and so-called lovers of Literature, right here, at a housewarming party. In these...

“Have you read Onegin? What do you think of Onegin? What do you say about Onegin? – These are the questions repeated incessantly among writers and Russian re...

“As the sun rises, the nanny enters the bedchamber of Hawthorn, who sits on a bench covered with a carpet, in front of a small mirror, and straightens her lo...

For the first time, the famous “Lives” of Giorgio Vasari (1511 – 1574), the famous Italian art historian, architect and painter, are collected under one cove...