The oath at the coffin of the Lord. Russian past

Nikolai Alekseevich Poleva, journalist and historian, fiction writer and critic, publisher of the famous magazine "Moscow Telegraph", belongs to the most significant figures of the Russian literary and public life of the 1820-1830s. His novels and novels, historical works and critical analysis, which caused contemporaries, have a keen interest, are currently undeservedly forgotten.
Acquaintance with Western historical novels, a patriotic rise caused by the Patriotic War of 1812, the development of domestic historical science and the publication of "History of the Russian state" Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin contributed to the awakening of the national identity of Russian man. Interest in the events of the past, the desire to comprehend it and understand the distinctive features of the national character in many respects explain the popularity in the 1830s of historical prose ...
One of the first to turn to the topic of the unification of Russian lands of the XIV -XV centuries - the time of "strong characters, sharp features ...". As you know, in Russian history, in addition to the periods of the prolonged reign of the monarchs, whose names are now marked by entire eras, there were periods when random people threw random people to the top of power by a wave of troubles and civil strife. One of these was Dmitry Shemyaka, the grandson of Dmitry Donskoy, who twice occupied the Moscow throne during the reign of Vasily the Dark.
In the novel "Oath of the Grand of the Lord, the Field describes the events of 1433-1441 - the struggle of the descendants of Dmitry Donskoy for the Grand Duke. The conceived "comedy about how Vasily Kosoy and his brother Dimitri Shemyak quarreled at a wedding feast with Grand Duke Vasily Vasilyevich Dark .., and about what followed of this, turned out to be a tragedy. Russian princes, blinded by ambition, burned in the fire of a feud, bringing only suffering and trouble. Another storyline of the novel is the topic of restoring the independence of the Principality of the Suzdal Principality. The old servant of the Suzdal princes Ivan Hudnik (a fictional mysterious character) took an oath to the Lord’s coffin in Jerusalem to return the lost possessions to the exiled princes. However, attempts to violent restoration forcibly disturbed justice entailed a new evil. The only thing, according to the author, can be extinguished by a bastard fire, "subside Russia", reconcile the warring parties - the ability to internal self -cleaning and moral feats initially embedded in a Russian person. Those who committed evil should repent, injured from evil - forgive their enemies. Sowing the enmity between people, you will not achieve justice, I am confident in Field