Jaan Kross

A People without a Past

Between Three Plagues Volume 2

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The second part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer The year is 1563, and by any account Balthasar Russow can be said to have risen in the world. Fresh from his studies in the German town of Stetten, he has assumed the role as pastor of Tallinn's Holy Ghost Church. Moreover, he is betrothed to a maiden of the town - much to the chagrin of her father, who has no wish to welcome peasant stock to the family when there is no shortage of upstanding young German men - and is poised to begin the chronicle that will ensure his everlasting fame.But tribulations still await the now n… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78429-954-5
EAN: 9781784299545
Produktnummer: 22504632
Verlag: Quercus Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 432 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D2.7 cm 314 g
Gewicht: 314
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Jaan Kross is Estonia's best-known and most widely translated author. He was born in Tallinn in 1920 and lived much of his life under either Soviet or German occupation. He won countless awards for his writing, including The National Cultural Award, The Amnesty International Golden Flame and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. He died in 2007.