Histories Warmed by Human Fates

The author chose the most successful way of encouraging interest in history: to present it through personalities and a gripping plot based on anecdotes. He does not confine himself to, so to speak, the "mandatory figures" of the school curriculum, but tells the reader not only about princes and hetmans but also about the magi, bohatyr (hero of Ukrainian folklore) Dobrynia, Yuri Kulchytsky, and many other Ukrainians who were more than just a backdrop of history.

The book's text is enriched with chronological tables that create a certain system of references for the protagonists. After reading the book, which embraces the history of Ukraine from the inception of Kyivan Rus to the destruction of Zaporizhzhian Sich, all this period seems to become a huge canvas divided into small squares, each of which is populated with and warmed by human fates.