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Loading... Russka: The Novel of Russiaby Edward Rutherfurd
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I read it. It's very informative. Whoopie. (  ) dekesolomon | Oct 23, 2009 |  A good book on the history of Russia, although at times quite poorly written. The revolution gets a huge chapter but still doesn't really scratch the surface. Stalin gets a wafer thin chapter, when he's very important figure in Russian history. Edward Rutherfurd is in the same vein as James Michener although I think Michener is the better writer by far ( ) charlie68 | Jul 10, 2009 | The history of Russia is told in the form of a saga of six families told over 1800 years. It starts with the people of the Steppes, then the Tatars, Ivan the Terrible, the Cossacks, Peter the Great & Catherine the Great, Tsar Nickolas, and the Revolution. A sweeping tale of passion and loss. nolak | Jun 26, 2009 | Ha ha Russka. ;-) (  )1  |  missmaddie | Oct 9, 2008 | Outstanding historical fiction focused on a rural Russian village. (  ) santhony | Sep 28, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0804109729, Mass Market Paperback)"Impressive."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, poltics, and culture, Edward Rurtherford, author of the phenomenally successful SARUM: THE NOVEL OF ENGLAND, tells a grand saga that is as multifaceted as Russia itself. Here is a story of a great civilization made human, played out through the lives of four families who are divided by ethnicity but united in shaping the destiny of their land. "Rutherford's RUSSKA succeeds....[He] can take his place among an elite cadre of chroniclers such as Harold Lamb, Maurice Hindus and Henri Troyat." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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