Генрих Манн. В 2-х книгах. Кн. 1. Молодые годы короля Генриха IV. Кн. 2. Зрелые годы короля Генриха IV

Heinrich Mann (1871-1950) is one of the greatest German writers of our time.
The Young Years of King Henry IV (1935) is the first part of a historical dilogy dedicated to one of the most striking and dramatic pages of French history - the era of the Reformation and religious wars of the second half of the XVI century. The first book of the dilogy tells about the spiritual formation of the hero - the future King Henry IV.

The novel "The Mature Years of King Henry IV" (1937) is the second part of the historical dilogy of Heinrich Mann. With great skill, the writer draws all the vicissitudes of the struggle associated with the period of the formation of an absolute monarchy in France. Without striving for an exact portrait resemblance between his hero and the historical King Henry, the writer creates a charming image of a humane and noble man, fighting for the happiness of the people, for the triumph of humanistic ideas.