Fun gallop through Russian history down to 2015by an American journalist and blogger. I wonder what the author would think of current events. ( )

Have Personality Disorder will Rule Russia: An Iconoclastic History by a Recovering Russophile by Jennifer Eremeeva is a short, self-published, sarcastic, brief history of three of Russia's most famous Czars: Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. I was most disappointed because it spoke nothing of their mental conditions, which I thought would be the focus of this book. Upon researching AFTER I read this book, I discovered it was a companion book to Lenin Lives Next Door written primarily to give background history to that book. As to anything historical in the book, there was nothing that I could not find in the high school textbook that I use in my classroom. Very disappointing. Glad it was really short! 135 pages 2 stars. ( )