The first crusade of the West to Russia was led by the English conqueror in the cassock of a preacher. And the warrior reflected this campaign, who became the fateful saint of the Russian land... The essence of the historical processes of recent centuries has become the confrontation between the Russian knight defending his homeland and the British conqueror. The proposed book presents the most significant facts from the history of Russian-English relations, which make it possible to understand the origins of the global centuries-old confrontation and the prospects for today's Russian policy - both in the West and in the East.