Poems with Illustrations and Commentary

The book presents more than 100 of the best poems by Nikolai Gumilev with detailed comments on each work, illustrated by masterpieces of Russian and foreign painting, as well as rare photographs.
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the most vivid and original poets of the Silver Age, lived a short but extraordinarily rich life. He studied at the Sorbonne, was married to the brilliant poet Anna Akhmatova, traveled through Africa, fought on the front lines of World War I... The Muse of Far Journeys – the tenth muse, invented by himself – was his guiding star. "The wandering knight, the aristocratic vagabond – he was in love with all epochs, countries, professions, and positions where the human soul blooms in bold heroic beauty," wrote Alexander Kuprin about Gumilev.
In this book, you will read stories about the creation of poems and the events in the poet's life related to them, about his wanderings and combat path, get acquainted with the addressees of his lyrics, learn about the relationship between Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova, as well as other loves of the poet.

Before you, in the testimonies of contemporaries, new details of Nikolai Gumilev's biography and his tragic fate will be revealed.