The story "Prediction" is dedicated to the eve of the Religious Wars in France (various historians have different dates for their duration: the beginning is attributed to 1560 or 1562). , completion - by 1594 or 1598. ), for more than thirty years devastated France and claimed dozens, if not hundreds of thousands of lives, including the lives of most of the heroes of this story Hence, somewhat gloomy, despite the brilliant humor of the author, the color of this work. The French reader knew that all the terrible predictions would come true, that the fate of almost all the characters would be sad, that the climax of the tragedy had already occurred and the outcome of it, although lying outside the story, is known to this reader. Almost all the main characters of the “Prediction” are real historical figures, although their characters, some actions, and in some places the names are the fruit of Dumas’ imagination.