100 velikikh dram i tragedii istorii - Sost. Nepomniashchii N.N.

It just so happened that the entire history of mankind consists of countless dramas and tragedies of entire nations, nations and social groups, and individuals who have written, each in their own way, their page in the endless chronicle of the fate of our earthly abode. How different are these stories, about Neanderthals who disappeared for unknown reasons and were exterminated under the guise of a civilizing mission of Tasmanians; about the burnt-out Sodom and Gomorre and the arson of the Reichstag; the loss of Alaska and the sinking of the Titanic; "doctors' case" and the Afghan decade. And how many wonderful - positive and not so - characters are forever imprinted in the book of history: Tycho Brahe and Dracula; Leonardo da Vinci and Ivan Susanin; Captain Cook and Princess Tarakanova; Savva Morozov and Maxim Gorky; Jack the Ripper and the Kennedy family; Napoleon and Basil Stalin... Their death has become a drama and tragedy sometimes on a global scale, and the significance of their lives is in many ways still misunderstood and generally misunderstood. Many of the characters in this book, like the Iron Mask, still hide their true face, while others, such as Bluebeard and Fanny Kaplan, have not done what they have been credited with for decades and even centuries. The book prepares for the reader a lot of unexpected discoveries and revelations - however, as well as history itself.