The Prose of History series publishes books on various events in Russian and world history, as well as the outstanding personalities through which this story was made. In the books of the series, the reader can penetrate the secrets of Princess Maria Sofia of Bavaria, learn about what the life of the first prisoners of Auschwitz was like, what consequences the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 had on the modern world, and even about who beat the team of Hitler's Germany at the Grand Prix in auto racing.