1

The Story of Miss

Based on an account by Ovadi Savich

A half-starved cat is recruited by the Allies in the fight against Hitler.

2

If Russia Gives a Lead

By Herbert Bury

As war engulfed Europe, an Anglican bishop called on Russia to unite the world’s Christians around their veneration for the Bible.

3

Timur in Russia

By Clay Lane

Timur, Muslim lord of Samarkand, threw his weight behind the Golden Horde’s subjugation of Christian Russia, with unexpected results.

4

Dmitry the Pretender

By Clay Lane

Boris Godunov was crowned Tsar of All Russia in 1598 in the belief that Tsar Ivan’s son Dmitry was dead — but was he?

5

‘Nobody Wants to Invade You’

By Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden told an Edinburgh peace conference that the biggest threat to the United Kingdom’s security was her own foreign policy.

6

Invitation to a Viking

From The Russian Primary Chronicle

The interminable squabbling among the Slavic peoples around the southeast Baltic prompted their leaders to drastic action.