The book of the famous doctor S. Shpokevicius (Vilnius) and literary critic M. Ivinskaya (Vilnius) presents an unexpected approach to the study of the circumstances of the death of the greatest geniuses of European and world literature - Byron, Pushkin and Mickiewicz. Based on the achievements of modern medicine, an authoritative clinician (S. Shpokevicius) clarifies the causes of diseases that have become fatal for Byron and Mickiewicz. He also determines the nature of Pushkin's fatal wound, showing that in the conditions of medical science of that era it was almost impossible to save the "sun" of Russian poetry. The book is rich in historical and cultural commentary, produced by M. Ivinskaya, on the work of all three poets, shows their intensive creative "dialogue" in the context of the era of romanticism in Europe. Without a doubt, this publication will be of interest to a wide variety of readers looking for answers to the mysteries of the life and death of outstanding artists of past centuries, as well as interested in the life of European and Russian literature of their "golden age."