The Hounds of the Lord. Fat, Dirty, and Corrupt. Janissaries

Annotation to the book "The Hounds of the Lord. Fat, Dirty, and Corrupt. Janissaries" by V. S. Pikul: Three unpublished novels by the genius of domestic historical prose. «The Hounds of the Lord» — is Russia, tormented by the mad Ivan the Terrible, tortured by the Oprichnina... Spain, scorched by the fires of the Inquisition — the support of Philip II's throne... A terrible time of religious hysteria and painful debauchery, endless wars and executions. The «heroine» of the novel «Fat, Dirty, and Corrupt» is oil... And the novel «Janissaries» tells of the complex and tragic confrontation between the West and East after the fall of Byzantium. Read more…