The Ropewalker
Between Three Plagues Volume I
The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work described the effects of the Livonian War on the peasantry of what is now Estonia. Like Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell, Russow is a diamond in the rough, a thoroughly modern man in an Early Modern world, rising from humble origins to greatness through wit and learning alone. As Livonia is used as a political football by the warring powers of Russia, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania, he continues to climb the greas…
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Weitere Autoren: Beecher, Merike Lepasaar (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-85705-457-9
- EAN: 9780857054579
- Produktnummer: 22935188
- Verlag: Quercus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'372 KB
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