Written in History. Letters that Changed the World

A book about people, their fates, and the letters in which these fates were reflected. The author embarks on a journey through countries and epochs to tell about the personalities who left their mark in history, literature, and art — from the Apostle Paul to Ivan the Terrible, from Pliny the Younger to Byron, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Maupassant, from Alexander Suvorov to Ivan Shmelev.
The book presents little-known details about the biographies of outstanding individuals, collecting their letters. The selection is very personal and individual, but many of these letters have been inscribed in history, and some have influenced it. In each letter — personal, friendly, and business — life pulsates. In them — love, friendship, passion, disappointment, anger, tranquility, tears, pain, tenderness, joy. In them — thoughts that possessed those who wielded the pen. Behind each letter stands the personality of the sender and the recipient.
The author is convinced: letters are interesting, they are worth writing even now. Even handwritten ones, because they carry warmth. And you can't put a dried flower in an email.