Bunin, Dzerzhinsky and I

Anton Chekhov and Lika Mizinov, Napoleon and Alexander I, Grand Dukes Konstantin Nikolaevich and Konstantin Konstantinovich, Ivan Bunin and Innokenty Smoktunovsky are only some of the characters in this book. Ella Matonina is a master of historical fiction. On the pages of her works, the heroes of the past come to life, become visible and understandable to the reader, without losing at the same time: artistic fiction is always supported by facts, real memories, rare documents. The book "Bunin, Dzerzhinsky and I" included both well -known and new works. For the first time, the extraordinary story of the son and daughter of the Napoleonic Colonel La Granda, together with his wife killed in Russia in 1812, is published. Emperor Alexander I and Empress Maria Fedorovna took part in the fate of the orphans, taking them under personal protection and thereby laying the beginning of the Russian branch of Lagrange - glorious officers, beautiful artists. All works are somehow devoted to people who have made a significant contribution to Russian history and culture, and are intended for the widest circle of readers