Poems with Illustrations and Comments

The book presents over 100 best poems by Nikolai Gumilev with detailed comments on each work, illustrated with masterpieces of Russian and foreign painting, as well as rare photographs.
Nikolai Gumilev, one of the brightest and most original poets of the Silver Age, lived a short but extraordinarily rich life. He studied at the Sorbonne, was married to the brilliant poet Anna Akhmatova, traveled through Africa, fought on the fronts of World War I... The Muse of Distant Travels – the tenth muse, invented by himself – was his guiding star. "The wandering knight, the aristocratic vagabond, – he was in love with all epochs, countries, professions, and states where the human soul blooms in daring heroic beauty," wrote Alexander Kuprin about Gumilev.
In this book, you will read stories about the creation of poems and the events related to the poet's life, his wanderings and battle path, get acquainted with the addressees of his lyrics, learn about the relationship between Gumilev and Anna Akhmatova, as well as other beloved ones of the poet. New details of Nikolai Gumilev's biography and his tragic fate will be revealed to you in the testimonies of his contemporaries.