История знаменитыкх преступлений

The history of mankind, unfortunately, was marked not only by the great achievements of the spirit and mind, but no less place in it is given to evil and crimes. It is sad to understand this, it is scary to live in such a world, but reading about it is always instructive. Especially if the great French writer Alexandre Dumas tells about the monstrous manifestations of human nature. This means that the intrigue will keep us from letting go, and even the most insignificant characters from the point of view of morality will make us empathize with their actions. Dumas was often reproached for the fact that history is just a theater for him: wonderful stages, spectacular gestures designed for the memory of descendants, uniforms hung with orders, brilliant phrases, unreal blood, like red ink. And for the reader, it's good that the writer did not set out to write a boring history textbook. That is the secret of the great talent of Dumas, who managed to combine an amazing possession of an extensive stock of historical information, the accuracy of details, the reliability of descriptions that the most meticulous scholars can envy, with a lively, passionate and entertaining manner of narration. Maybe the only thing that the great Frenchman indulges the reader in is his firm conviction: everyone who crosses the border of morality, tramples on universal values, must be punished, morally or physically. And it is hardly worth thinking otherwise...