Danish King Christian II – a fairly bright personality in the history of Scandinavia. He ruled Denmark and Norway in 1513-1523. and Sweden in 1520-1523, another nine years struggled for power, allowed in 1532 to deceive luring himself into Denmark allegedly for negotiations, was captured and after that another twenty-seven years spent in custody in … Read more
NS Leskov Warrior The lace-maker Domna Platonovna, well-known to the storyteller, “has the most immense and versatile acquaintance” and is sure that she owes this to one simplicity and “goodness”. People, in the opinion of Domna Platonovna, are mean and generally “bastard,” and one can not believe anyone, which is confirmed by the frequent cases … Read more
In one of the cities of Italy ruled by the old peace-loving Dook, who is the patron of the sciences and arts. Dook is so kind that his people are not at all afraid, and therefore justice in the Italian city is dozing. Long Dook reflects on how to fix this problem, and, finally, decides … Read more
The main events take place in New York in the sixties of our century. Black young and talented musician Rufus met with the southern Leona. A woman has a difficult life, her husband left her, taking away her child. The most difficult was the inaction of relatives who did not wish to help her at … Read more
Three friends: George, Harris and Jay are planning to take an amusing boat trip up the Thames. They intend to have a great time, relax from London with its unhealthy climate and merge with nature. Gathering their last much longer than they originally expected, because every time with great effort on the part of young … Read more
But all that she does for him in this direction, in his own words, is lost work. The guy with his beloved arrived in Paris. Leo Nikolayevich thick in confession, the author’s own research is described subtly and intelligibly, Love, respect, sincere frankness were the creators of my celebration, depicts the genre of his meeting … Read more
Mishka Pryaslin did not have long to live at home. From autumn to spring – on logging, then rafting, then suffering, then again the forest. And how will appear in Pekashina – women are piled: this fix the roof, then lift the door. There are no peasants in Pekashino. This time, as always, houses were … Read more
B. Gracian Criticon In his address to the reader, the author says that, while creating his work, he was guided by the fact that he liked most of all the works of Plutarch, Apuleius, Aesop, Homer or Barkley. Trying to combine such different properties in one text, Gracian begins his novel, consisting of the main … Read more
On the desert steppe along the railway line, under the sky, in which the Ural mountain range emerges with heavy cloudy delirium, there is a woman. There are tears in her eyes, it becomes more difficult to breathe. At the dwarf kilometer pillar, she stops, moving her lips, repeats the figure that appears on the … Read more
The trilogy covers the period from 1310 to 1349, when the plague devastated Europe reached Norway. Father Christine came from a Swedish family, known as the Sons of Lagman. Already three generations of this family lived in Norway, but at times they were reminded that they were strangers here. At the age of eighteen, Laurence, … Read more