![]() ![]() ![]() Read more the Terrible and the wild Cossacks, from Peter, Catherine and the days of War and Peace to the drama of the Revolution and the extraordinary events of today - here is Russia's story in a spellbinding novel - history recreated with breathtaking detail and passion. This book title, Russka (The Novel of Russia), ISBN: 9780345479358, by Edward Rutherfurd, published by Random House Publishing Group. In this vast and gorgeous tapestry of a novel, serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew are brought together in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal that most impenetrable and mysterious of lands - Russia. From Russia's dawn and the cruel Tatar invasions to Ivan. ![]() Through the life of a little town east of Moscow in the Russian heartland, Edward Rutherfurd creates a sweeping family saga from the baffling contradictions of Russia's culture and her peoples - bleak yet exotic, brutal but romantic, land of ritual yet riddled with superstitious fears. In this vast and gorgeous tapestry of a novel, serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew are brought together in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal that most impenetrable and mysterious of lands - Russia. The focal point of the book is the small village of Russka, located in the Russian heartland, examined from its. Rutherford tells the story of the history of the people and the country along with the politics and culture. A novel, which brings together serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal the mysterious land.Russia. Russka, by Edward Rutherford, is the story of eighteen hundred years of Russian history. ![]()
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