Lev Tikhomirov Renegat Ili Prorok?

Trudno vybrat' v rossiyskoy istorii druguyu stol' dinamichnuyu i vneshne neposledovatel'nuyu lichnost' kak Lev Aleksandrovich Tikhomirov (1852-1923), narodovolets, monarkhist, religioznyy filosof. V revolyutsionnye 1870-e Tikhomirov - revolyutsioner, teoretik terroristicheskoy partii Narodnaya volya, sovershivshey tsareubiystvo Aleksandra II. V 1888 g. - kaetsya pered ego synom, Aleksandrom III. V 80-90-e, v period reaktsii, on - reaktsioner, vidneyshiy ideolog samoderzhaviya, prishedshiy v nachale KhKh veka k apokalipticheskoy tematike. V 1917 g. Tikhomirov priznal Vremennoe pravitel'stvo, chto pozvolilo nekotorym issledovatelyam utverzhdat', chto on otreksya i ot monarkhii. Kniga adresovana vsem interesuyushchimsya istoriey Rossii XIX - KhKh stoletiy. V monografii pokazan ves' spektr otsenok evolyutsii Tikhomirova v istoriografii. Issledovatel' otstaivaet tezis o tom, chto Lev Tikhomirov sygral v russkoy istorii i revolyutsii tu zhe rol', chto i Zh.-Zh.Russo v istorii Velikoy frantsuzskoy revolyutsii. Vmeste s chitatelem avtor otkryvaet, chto ego geroy mozhet rassmatrivat'sya kak lichnost' ravnovelikaya russkomu Robesp'eru V.I.Leninu i russkomu Napoleonu I.V.Stalinu... Sam zhe Tikhomirov k kontsu zhizni osoznal sebya "Pimenom-letopistsem."