Шпаргалка для ленивых любителей истории. Короли и королевы Англии

Pervai͡a kniga v neobychnom dli͡a Aleksandry Marininoĭ zhanre - populi͡arnoĭ istorii.Novyĭ ostroumnyĭ vzgli͡ad na istoricheskikh personazheĭ, znakomykh po li͡ubimym romanam i kinofilʹmam.Zhivopisnai͡a panorama angliĭskoĭ istorii ot Vilʹgelʹma Zavoevateli͡a do Elizavety Vtoroĭ. Zhiznʹ praviteleĭ Anglii krasochno opisana kak uvlekatelʹnyĭ psikhologicheskiĭ serial: v stile dramy, trillera ili komedii, v zavisimosti ot tekh roleĭ, kotorye sygrali znamenitye lichnosti.• Otchego dli͡a korolevy Viktorii vyĭti zamuzh v 17 let bylo rano, a koroleve Matilʹde v 12 godkov - v samyĭ raz?• Kto otdal prikaz pogubitʹ i͡unykh naslednikov koroli͡a Ėduarda Chetvertogo: ikh sobstvennyĭ verolomnyĭ di͡adi͡a Richard (budushchiĭ korolʹ Richard Tretiĭ), kak uveren byl Shekspir, ili zalëtnyĭ frant͡suzskiĭ print͡s Dzhasper Ti͡udor (di͡adi͡a budushchego koroli͡a Genrikha Sedʹmogo i pobediteli͡a Richarda), kak schitaet romanistka Filippa Gregori?• Pochemu bludlivyĭ Genrikh Vosʹmoĭ odnu Annu, zhenu svoi͡u - zhizni lishil, takoĭ negodi͡aĭ, a drugui͡u Annu, devit͡su, uvidev ee portret kisti velikogo Golʹbeĭna, reshil vzi͡atʹ chetvertoĭ zhenoĭ, no kak vstretil vzhivui͡u - poskoree razvelsi͡a i… net, ne v monastyrʹ ushel, a zhenilsi͡a v pi͡atyĭ raz - na Ekaterine, no i tu - po privychke tozhe kaznil?• Kak smog korolʹ Georg Pi͡atyĭ roditʹsi͡a "nemt͡sem-polukrovkoĭ" Saksen-Koburgom, a umeretʹ "chistokrovnym anglichaninom" Vindzorom?Nu, i eshche massa intrigui͡ushchikh voprosov i otvetov, kotorye v samoĭ komfortnoĭ i uvlekatelʹnoĭ forme pomogut chitateli͡am rasstavitʹ v istorii vsë po polochkam. I naslazhdatʹsi͡a li͡ubimymi istoricheskimi serialami i sochinenii͡ami, vsë ponimai͡a i ne putai͡asʹ: kto za kem pravil, kto komu kem prikhoditsi͡a, kto kogo do smerti obidel, a kto prosto chizhika sʺel."To, chto i͡a pishu - ni v koem sluchae ne uchebnik i dazhe ne uchebnoe posobie, izuchatʹ istorii͡u po ėtomu tekstu nelʹzi͡a! No mozhno poni͡atʹ, kakie li͡ubopytnye izvivy postoi͡anno sluchalisʹ v zhizni monarkhov, chem-to zainteresovatʹsi͡a, kopnutʹ chutʹ glubzhe… I v itoge ulozhitʹ-taki v golove to, chto trebuetsi͡a, no s udovolʹstviem, a ne iz-pod palki". - ALEKSANDRA MARININA

The first book in an unusual genre for Alexandra Marinina — popular history.A new witty look at historical characters familiar from favorite novels and movies.A picturesque panorama of English history from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. The life of the rulers of England is colorfully described as a fascinating psychological series: in the style of drama, thriller or comedy, depending on the roles played by famous personalities.• Why was it too early for Queen Victoria to get married at 17, and just right for Queen Matilda at 12?• Who gave the order to destroy the young heirs of King Edward the Fourth: their own treacherous uncle Richard (the future King Richard the Third), as Shakespeare was sure, or the stray French Prince Jasper Tudor (the uncle of the future King Henry the Seventh and the victor Richard), as the novelist Philippa Gregory believes?• Why did the prodigal Henry the Eighth deprive one Anna, his wife, of his life, such a scoundrel, and the other Anna, a maiden, after seeing her portrait by the great Holbein, decided to take her as a fourth wife, but as soon as he met her live, he divorced as soon as possible and ... no, he did not go to a monastery, but married Catherine for the fifth time, but and did you execute that one out of habit, too?• How could King George the Fifth be born a "half-breed German" Saxe-Coburg, and die a "pure-blooded Englishman" Windsor?Well, there are also a lot of intriguing questions and answers, which in the most comfortable and fascinating way will help readers to put everything on the shelves in history. And enjoy your favorite historical series and essays, understanding everything and not getting confused: who ruled for whom, who had to whom, who offended whom to death, and who just ate a siskin."What I am writing is by no means a textbook or even a textbook, it is impossible to study history from this text! But you can understand what curious twists constantly happened in the life of monarchs, get interested in something, dig a little deeper… And in the end, to put what is required in my head, but with pleasure, and not from under a stick." — ALEXANDRA MARININA