Ivan the Terrible

Edward Radzinsky – writer, playwright, historian, screenwriter, as well as creator of television programs and documentary films. His books about Nicholas II, Rasputin, Alexander II have been published by major publishing houses worldwide, translated into 40 languages, and have become... bestsellers around the globe.

The book "Ivan the Terrible" lifts the veil over the dark secrets of the most fearsome tsar of Russia. In the terrible days of war, when the Germans were advancing towards Moscow, a play by A.N. Tolstoy about Ivan the Terrible landed on Joseph Stalin's desk. After reading it and, apparently contemplating something, Stalin wrote the word "Teacher" several times on the back cover. Teacher… but in what sense? Stalin's love for the Terrible is associated with a crucial question that our great historian Karamzin once asked. And the answer, which hides the history of the most mysterious and bloodiest of Russian tsars…

For whom the book is intended:
• For those who love history;
• For those who want to find the truth;
• For those intrigued by mysteries.