Pride and goodness (Before Kulikovo Battle)

In the iconic historical novel of Professor A.N. Bubennikov, unknown events and poorly studied annals of the confrontation of Moscow and Tver in the middle of the 14th century, up to the Battle of Kulikovo are highlighted. Restlessly in the opposing of each other the Orthodox Grand Duchy - Moscow and Tver, clamped between the Horde and Lithuania - in anticipation of new wars and shocks. Internodists, throne and boyar selfish intrigues prevent Moscow and Russian lands and peoples under their wing simultaneously. And then the strong and insidious Grand Duke of Lithuania Olgerd is trying to subjugate Moscow in a series of military campaigns, diplomatically and through the marriage ties with Tver. It is unthinkable to the pious prince of Moscow Dmitry Ivanovich to conduct a balanced policy of deterrence against Lithuania and its ally of Tver and gradually accumulate internal forces for a decisive fight with the Golden Horde of Tatar khans, collecting tribute through Moscow from Russian princely destinations. And before entering the Russian and world history with the name of Dmitry Donskoy, the Moscow prince needs to go to the Horde in order to receive a gam from the khans of the label for a great reign, to give a military acutely to the Tatar commanders in their raids in Moscow. Prince Dmitry Ivanovich is in word and deed, and sometimes with fire and sword to appease the too proud Tver Prince Mikhail, rushing between Lithuania and the Horde in the intrigues against Moscow and the strong spirit of the Prince of Moscow. In the novel, in addition to covering mysterious and mysterious events in Moscow, Tver, Lithuania and the Horde, a colorfully written out gallery of historical persons - princes, boyars, thousands, soldiers, holy fathers and virgins, in Russian tragic history is presented. A historical novel, written on the basis of perennial studies, lying in the author’s table for a long time, emerges in the light to meet with his reader - on time! -Between the two iconic dates of the revolutionary anniversary (1917-2017), in the mystical for Russia and the whole world of 2017