The tragic history of Bosnia with the greatest completeness and consistency is revealed in two historical novels by Andri - "Travnitskaya Chronicle" and "The Bridge on the Drina" .. "Travnitskaya Chronicle" is a story about the eight years of the life of Travnik, a deaf Turkish province that is embroiled in the Napoleonic wars - from brilliant victories in the fields of Austerlitz and at Wagram and to defeat in the war with Russia. "Bridge on the Drina" - a novel, characterized by an interesting and peculiar composition . All events occurring in the novel over several centuries (151614) ), in one way or another connected with the existence of a snow-white handsome bridge on the river Drina, built in the Bosnian city of Visegrad native of this city, reviled by the Serbian Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha . Introductory Article E. Knipovich . Notes O. Kutasova and V. Green . Illustrations by L. Susmana .