About the book: 2024 / "The Sovereigns of Moscow" is a monumental cycle of novels created by the writer, Russian philologist, folklorist and historian Dmitry Balashov. This epic chronicle, a kind of one grandiose epic novel, fit into a multi-volume publication, covers the period of Russian history from 1263 to 1425 and for many decades has not ceased to amaze readers with its depth, scale, brightness of images and masterful stylization of language. Together, the novels of the cycle form a kind of chronicle in which the historical events of the life of large principalities unfold year after year, where the life and customs of various classes are reflected, the destinies, appearance and character of hundreds of historical figures are presented. The whirlwind that strikes nations has once again engulfed the troubled world. Prince Simeon the Proud, dying, hardly suspected how much that was still strong yesterday was destined to collapse in the coming years... The fifth and sixth novels of the series “The Sovereigns of Moscow” - “The Wind of Time” and “Renunciation” - tell about the end of the rivalry between Moscow and Tver principalities for supremacy over Russian lands.