Boris Godunov (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander Pushkin
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1598-1605
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Boris Godunov, Feodor, Grigory Otrepyev, Maryna, Basmanov
- Genres: Short fiction, Historical fiction, Poetry
- Subjects: Revolutions, War, Seventeenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Sixteenth century, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Civil wars, Russia or Russian people, Moscow, Nobility, Heads of state, Czars
- Locales: Russia
The Story:
Boris Godunov, a privy councilor, was a schemer. He had planned the assassination of Czarevitch Dmitri so that the actual assassins had been caught and promptly executed by a mob, and no suspicion fell on Boris. He even ordered the nobleman Shuisky to investigate the crime. Shuisky returned and told with a straight face the version of the murder that Boris had suggested to him.
When the people began to clamor for Boris to become czar, Boris and his sister took refuge in a monastery, ostensibly to escape the pressure of the populace who had acclaimed him their...
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