About the book: 1970 / The historical novel by the famous Slovenian writer Franz Finzgar (1871-1962) tells about the Slavs’ campaign against Byzantium. At the center of the novel, Istok and Irina are two lovers, people of different cultures, different civilizations. Istok is a pagan and barbarian who grew up in the forests north of the Danube, Irina is a Christian and a noble lady of Constantinople. Finjgar's book, written about 100 years ago, will once again remind us of the time when a new world was born from the Roman and barbarian worlds in a cruel and bloody battle, in a long interpenetration and exchange of values ​​- the Middle Ages.