Olga Kryuchkova: 20 books

Japan, the end of the XVI century. The Azuchi Castle, which belongs to the feudal lord Oda Nobunaga, is preparing for the holiday. Hitomi, the youngest daughter of the feudal lord, turns twelve years old. Nobunaga intends to celebrate the adult age of his daughter with all his might and to settle...

Isabella de Monte, a mistress of King Francis I, is accused of witchcraft and of conspiring against her royal lover. She is handed over to inquisitors, even though the marchioness is with child and ready to give birth. The executioner delivers the baby. Inquisitor Henri Dengon orders the executioner...

The Nibelungs The Roman Empire is in decline in the 5th century AD. Wild barbarian tribes raid its borders. Out of political considerations, Gunther, the Nibelung king of the Roman federate of Burgundy, decides to marry off his sister Kriemhild to the Lombard king. Ute, the queen mother, fiercely...

Baron Charles de Castelmar, Gasconian nobleman, leaves the war-torn castle and goes to Burgundy to join the mercenaries of the Duke Philip the Good. The fate hurls him and a certain Valeri Sconci, a secret agent of the Vatican, together. The war between France and England spikes with renewed...

Fourteenth century BC. The pharaoh Amenhotep III rules over Egypt. Fearing a conspiracy, he decides to transfer the capital city of the empire from Memphis (Inebu-hedge) to Avaris (Hut-waret). He entrusts the construction of the Royal Palace in Avaris to his older son and heir Thutmose. The young...

Why, you may ask, the collection is entitled «Heavenly River»? Itʾs easy: there is a famous myth in Japan. Every child in Japan knows it. It is about a shepherd and his beloved weaver who were separated on the opposite banks of the Heavenly River (the Milky Way). Therefore, every year the...