Olexii Mustafin is a well-known Ukrainian journalist and media manager, general director of the Mega TV channel. Graduated from Drahomanov Pedagogical University (Faculty of History). He worked for the magazine of the same edition "UNIAN Weekly", magazines "Post-Postup", "Day", "Kyiv Telegraph", "Profile", "Mirror of the Week", on the TV channel "1+1". He headed the news services on the "Inter" and STB channels. The author of television films."The True History of Early Modern Times" is a book about the birth of the modern world, united by the Great Geographical Discoveries, about the era of absolute monarchies and the first colonial empires, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment. Why did small European states manage to conquer entire continents? Who was really enriched by overseas gold and spices? How did the emergence of the stock exchange help the scientific revolution, and the use of coffee - the establishment of human rights and freedoms? How could unrequited love destroy steadfast empires? Where did the first newspapers and political parties appear? Who really were the mysterious Freemasons and Rosicrucians? The answers to these and many other questions allow not only to learn about interesting facts, but also to understand the "logic of history".