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The «Historical Book» from the thematic ten-book collection by Halyna Pahutyak - the most mysterious and mystical modern Ukrainian writer - includes; includes the historical novel The Magnate, the novel-essay The Fossilised Ship, and as an afterword, the essay The Golden Door, or The End of Stories.

The historical novel «The Magnate» skilfully depicts the bizarre fate of the Ukrainian humanist of the early seventeenth century through the prism of the perception of an impoverished Volyn nobleman. Jan Schastnyi Herburt from Dobromyl comprehends the borderline states of human existence, and in the novel-essay «The Stone ’fossilised ship» the story of the writer's search for herself in the world - her own identity - is deeply reflected in her numerous travels.