Kyrylo i Mefodiy. Politychni intryhany slovesnosti

TSya knyzhka tsilkom mohla nazyvatysya «ZHyttya ta neymovirni pryhody Kyryla» i, descho menshoyu miroyu, «yoho starshoho brata Mefodiya». Navit′ ofitsiyni y kanonichni zhytiya tsych dostoynykiv skydayut′sya radshe na zbirky dotepnych istoriy, anizh na hlyansovani portrety. U tsiy knyzhtsi avtor okydaye zhyttya ta tvorchist′ Kyryla i Mefodiya ironichnym pohlyadom (smich — ne hrich, navit′ koly ydet′sya pro svyatych i rivnoapostol′nych). I chocha pysemnist′ ot-ot uzhe mala by z’yavytysya v povsyakdennomu zhytti slovʼyan, ale same braty radykal′no vplynuly na te, yak i koly yiyi bulo vprovadzheno. TSe neseryozna opovid′ pro tsilkom seryozni rechi: supernytstvo mizh Rymom i Konstantynopolem, mizhnarodnu polityku y borot′bu za zony vplyvu, tserkovni intryhy y tayemni operatsiyi, scho poznachylysya na istoriyi znachnoyi chastyny YEvropy.