Golden cut, bookmark, excellent gift edition! Published in 1919 and based on a Burgundian tale, this book was also the inspiration for the opera by Dmitry Kabalevsky.

Stefan Zweig was enchanted with Mary Stuart, whose life he perceived as immensely paradoxical and from whom he perceived a ‘inexhaustible attraction of mystery.’ Thus, he investigated the queen of Scotland and Elizabeth I's fierce rival through the lens of a novelistic biography. Zweig is the undisputed master of this genre: he meticulously details the tumultuous life of this amazing woman, who...

A classic of Russian theater, the play, based on an actual event, highlights the tragic tale of a woman, scorned by her lover decided to marry someone else. Her new fiance proves to be an embarassment and she returns to her old lover, hoping to wed. He's turns her down, as he is already engaged to someone else. Feeling dejected she contemplates suicide, only to be murdered by her drunk, jealous...

Seriia Stalinskie sokoly

The book examines the siege and destruction of Tikhvin, an important trading city, by Swedish forces during their invasion of the Novgorod region. Townspeople, sheltering in the fortress, were able to break the siege and expel the Swedish/Polish forces. A key event in Russia's push to reach the Baltic Sea.

s who want to learn about Russia along with learning Russian on the intermediate/advanced level (approximately 60-80 academic hours). The manual contains texts on various topics that cover different aspects of Russian life. Each chapter is independent from the others. This manual is intended for foreign students at an intermediate to advanced level, and for anyone who wants to better understand...

This one is very gloomy but without the dramatic battles and mayhem found in other Russian novels. This is a grim study of a spiritually bankrupt country split by greed and selfishness. A very bitter portrayal of Russia.

The Insulted and Humiliated. In this novel we see a young man madly in love with a girl from a moderately poor family. This girl falls in love with a very aristocratic prince - a man without principles, but charming in his childish egotism - extremely attractive by his sincerity, and with a full capacity for quite unconsciously committing the worst crimes toward those with whom life brings him...