A remarkable project offers to read the work of the outstanding Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) "Mary Stuart" in a form adapted for children of secondary school age. The adaptation is accompanied by high-quality light text, aesthetically beautiful illustrations, interesting encyclopedic inserts about life in the era that is described in the novel. The Magic Lantern series is not only an exciting world of adventure and fiction, but also a whole universe of knowledge about nature, history, geography, technology, architecture, traditions and customs of different times and peoples. Combining fascinating reading with accurate encyclopedic data, the creators of the series will take readers from the depths of the ocean to the highest mountain peaks, from tropical forests to vast deserts, from the eras when dinosaurs dominated Earth, to the time of human exploration of outer space.