On the pages of this book you will find many interesting facts about the creation and "life" path of the greatest creations of mankind. You will learn the main mystery of the world: what is the mission of the Great Egyptian Sphinx? How and why did operetta composer father Florimon Hervé end his days in a madhouse? How did Nell Gwyn, a beggar from the streets of London, become the prima of the Drury Lane Theater and the mistress of King Charles II himself? Why did Titian's contemporaries accuse him of murder? How and for what reason did a radio play based on a play by Herbert Wells scare all of America? And many, many other mysteries and striking phenomena of the art world, which to this day make scientists, writers, art historians reflect, argue, offer their versions.