About the book: 2014 / Boris Akunin’s new book sheds light on both the most amazing mysteries of the past (what could have happened at the Dyatlov Pass? who was the first genius criminal investigation of England? where are the hidden treasures that make your heart skip a beat?), and on the nature of a person who is able to change History or at least resist the black humor of fate. Heroes and absolute monsters unknown to the world, people soaked in war, and people without whom living in the world would be sicker and more terrible, come to life on these pages... “One of the most unconditional truths says: whoever does not know history does not understand modernity. And I would say this: “Love history, and modernity will love you,” the Author advises us.