When America was gone. Spivak L.

Early American history was born from European riddles and myths. Leonid Spivak’s new book “When America was not” reveals some of these secrets. Why was Cervantes gathered and not falling into the New World? How did the death of Queen Maria Stuart affect the fate of future settlers of New England? How is Shakespeare's name connected with the oldest University of USA? The intrigues of Versailles and the courage of the North American settlers, the fate of the musketeers and the acts of Cardinal Richelieu in the New World were intertwined into the adventurous documentary narrative. As Andre Morua wrote, “it’s little to know the temperament of a person in order to understand his fate: the temperament is only a canvas, according to which events and will embroider their patterns.” The fabula of the final part of the book was the acute diplomatic duel Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte. Her result was an unexpected historical decision that the French emperor made, lying in a hot bath. The international transaction of two geniuses of intrigue has created a great continental state - the United States of America.