1916/War and Peace. Miropolsky D.

Abstract on the cover: The incredibly hot summer of 1912. The novice poet Vladimir Mayakovsky first arrives in St. Petersburg and plunges into the life of bohemia. The metropolitan society is building intrigues against the Siberian peasant Grigory Rasputin, whom Emperor Nicholas II brought closer to himself. European intelligence weaves intrigues and prepare for a large war, the proximity of which few understand. The secular public enthusiastically watches the first performance of the athletes of the Russian national team at the Olympic Games. Adolf Hitler writes paintings, Vladimir Ulyanov - poems... The unprecedented cold winter of 1916. The height of the world massacre. The spell of the blood river, huge empires collapse. Vladimir Mayakovsky is drafted into the army. His fate is bizarrely intertwined with the fate of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Prince Felix Yusupov, Duma deputy Vladimir Purishkevich and other participants in the murder of Rasputin. Annotation from copywriters: a new novel from the author of the bestseller "The Secret of the Three Sovereign". Historical and adventurous adventurous novel in the best traditions of books by Boris Akunin and Edward Radzinsky. The hot summer of 1912. Emperor Nicholas thinks about how to avoid war, to save his wife from Rasputin, and Rasputin from his subordinates. The heads of European intelligence services carefully analyze the game of Russian players. David Burliuk and Vladimir Mayakovsky are making plans to conquer hearts of the reading public. Some hope for the title and hereditary power, others - for impudence and luck. However, the fate of the princes of blood and offices of adventurers are inextricably linked, like railway cars. This train will soon fly downhill. Will anyone be able to return the ticket and get off at the nearest station?