Prince of Silver

"The Prince of Silver" by Alexey Tolstoy is an exciting historical novel, recognized by the classical of the Russian adventure prose, immersing the reader into the dark and fulfilled dramatism of the epoch of Ivan the Great. Returning from the many years of diplomatic mission in Libya, the noble and honest Prince of Nikita Silver faces in the Country with the cruel arbitration of the emperor's Prisoners. Moving inherited by the sense of justice, he enters the intercession for the robbery people and soon finds themselves between the melt and the melt: on the one hand, the crazy king Ivan IV and his bloody favourites of Malut Skuratov and Athanasius Wajemsky, on the other hand, the robbery free people and his own love for the beautiful Helena, who was violently married to the boy of Morozov. In a world where donations, torture and betrayal rule, the Prince of Silver remains faithful to the Knight's honor and loyalty to his debt. Alexey Tolstoy with amazing painting creates the 16th century life, language and spirit, combining sharp intrigue, love drama and profound philosophical thinking about the nature of tyrannia and the price of human dignity. **About what the book in three words:** Honour, Reason, Justice. **Who to read:** Fans of the classic historical and adventurous novel, lovers of dramatic stories about loyalty, love and riddle duty, as well as all the lovers of the prose of Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.