The story of Alexander the Great Macedonian. Ruf K.

The epochal work of the Kurisia Rufa is not just a great book about the greatest commander in the history of mankind, “The story of Alexander the Great Macedonian” is also a kind of luxurious mirror, relief and repeatedly reflected glorious times that gave rise to a powerful wave of traditions that captivated the legends that captivate Imagination today.

The reader is offered the first full Russian translation, masterfully executed by R.L. Shmarakov, who managed to convey the living and figurative language of the famous Roman historian who created in the 1st century. n. E. The immortal work of Kurtia, being the most important document of the ancient era, is read as a fascinating historical novel. The reader awaits the Asian flowering paintings: brutal sichs at sea and land, sieges and assaults of cities, unprecedented tribes and outlandish animals, magnificent celebrations, feasts and fires, chariots and combat elephants. And then - cunning intrigues, the secret whisper of the conspirators, the attempt in a stranger night. And in the center of all this - as a magnificent golden statue - the image of the Great Tsar, the beam of Fortune, the blessed, generous lord, who gradually, intoxicated by victories and Asian wine, turns into an autocrat despot. Selected fragments from medieval works devoted to the identity of Alexander: from biblical exegetes to chroniclers and poets, all in the same magnificent translation by R.L. Shmarakova, leaving the aftertaste of antiquity. Finally, another pearl of this volume can be called a large chapter from the translation of S.P. Krasheninnikova - the magnificent text of the XVIII century, who has carried archaic beauty through centuries and is rightfully considered one of the great monuments of that rich in the talents of the era.

to immerse themselves in the days of Alexander the Great will be helped by wonderful articles: R.L. Shmarakova - about the personality and changeable fortune of the Macedonian commander; A.A. Kleimenova - about the historical context in which the grandiose composition of the Kurtia Ruf arose; And also S.I. Nikolaev, a specialist in Russian literature, immersing the "history of Alexander" into a domestic context and offers an overview of the history of its translations. An excellent help for the reader will be a detailed commentary, not only explaining the realities and contexts, but also unfolding a wide literary canvas, on which the creation of Kurtia Rufa is renewed with the works of other great historians - Diodorus, Plutarch, Arrian, Joseph Blavia. Finally, another opportunity to look in ancient times will be a colorful album in which images of that distant era are reproduced: bright frescoes and ancient statues, images of warriors and residents of conquered lands, silver coins and jewelry, helmets and armor.

Recommended for a wide range of readers.