Alexander Nevskiy. Vasiliev B.L.

The novel “Alexander Nevsky”, which continues the cycle of historical novels of the outstanding writer Boris Vasiliev, opens up to the reader a panorama of medieval Rus'. Prince Alexander Nevsky, a sign figure in Russian history, one of the greatest rulers of our Fatherland, saves the country from complete destruction in internecine wars in the most difficult years of the Batyev invasion.

A brilliant commander and a brave warrior, he became famous primarily as a hero , who won great victories, managed to defeat the Swedes in the Battle of Neva, for which he received his nickname, as well as defeat the crusader army in the battle on Lake Peipsi, stopping the invasion of Catholic Christianization on Rus'. He was also a skillful diplomat - his policy in relations with the Horde khans was ahead of time. It was based on the principles well -known now: “God is not in force, but in truth”, “to live without ending in foreign parts”, “who will come to us with the sword - from the sword and perish.”

Famous battles, temptations of spirit and victory over them, love and passion - all this will be found by the reader in the novel by Boris Vasiliev.