All K. Birkin

The book by Kondraty Birkin, a virtually forgotten Russian writer, opens up a rare opportunity for readers to feel the atmosphere of palace secrets, intrigues and scandals of Russia, England, Italy, France and other states during the 16th-18th centuries. Ivan the Terrible, Catherine de Medici, Mary Stuart, Louis XIV - these characters and their entourage become the main characters of the writer's ...