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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100804109729

ISBN-139780804109727

eBay Product ID (ePID)742131

Product Key Features

Book TitleRusska

Number of Pages960 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSagas, Literary, Historical

Publication Year1992

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorEdward Rutherford

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN90-034457

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Impressive . . . Rutherfurd has indeed embraced all of Russia." The Washington Post Book World "RUSSKASUCCEEDS WHERE [OTHER BOOKS] OF TRENDY SOVIET-WATCHING HAVE FAILED. . . . Rutherfurd can take his place among an elite cadre of chroniclers such as Harold Lamb, Maurice Hindus and Henri Troyat." San Francisco Chronicle "FAST-MOVING . . . Rutherfurd believes in adding color and adventure to facts that are exhaustively researched, making history palatable if not delicious." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "SPRAWLING . . . Rutherfurd's close observation of Russia's religious and ethnic diversity gives this epic a distinctive flavor." Publishers Weekly "RUTHERFURD LITERALLY PERSONIFIES HISTORY." New YorkDaily News, "Impressive . . . Rutherfurd has indeed embraced all of Russia." The Washington Post Book World " RUSSKA SUCCEEDS WHERE [OTHER BOOKS] OF TRENDY SOVIET-WATCHING HAVE FAILED. . . . Rutherfurd can take his place among an elite cadre of chroniclers such as Harold Lamb, Maurice Hindus and Henri Troyat." San Francisco Chronicle "FAST-MOVING . . . Rutherfurd believes in adding color and adventure to facts that are exhaustively researched, making history palatable if not delicious." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "SPRAWLING . . . Rutherfurd's close observation of Russia's religious and ethnic diversity gives this epic a distinctive flavor." Publishers Weekly "RUTHERFURD LITERALLY PERSONIFIES HISTORY." New York Daily News From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Decimal823.914

Synopsis"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, "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 From the Paperback edition.