Prince Silver

In the work of Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy from the series “Poets in poetry and prose”, which included different -haired works: epics, ballads, parables, songs, essays, poems, as well as the author’s most famous, the historical novel “Prince Serebryany, are included in the series. The story of the times of John the Terrible. " To the writing of the novel "Prince Serebryany" Tolstoy pushed interest in historical songs about the times of Ivan IV. The writer dreamed of telling in his work about the harsh times of the Terrible Tsar, when the silent Russian people was forced to endure all the horrors of the oprichnina. It became possible to start work on the novel only after the death of Nicholas I. According to the writer, the next Tsar-Tiran would certainly see a parallel drawn to each other and Ivan IV. Tolstoy could pay too much for his "liberties". The work is full of drama: unhappy love, caring for the Fatherland, the search for his path ... The writer in bright colors painted the horrors of the oprichnina, the tyranny of his own people by Ivan the Terrible