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Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

Buy it on Amazon. Seriously, it's worth it.

Russka, by Edward Rutherford, is a thick book. It is also a great read.

It takes Russia's history from the first century AD to the fall of the Iron Curtain and tells the life story of a person from each era. Half history book, half novel, it's incredible. Rutherford has a masterly literary voice and his historical prose is easy to understand and process.

Go! Read!

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Russka was my least favorite of the books he's written. Sarum was great, London was pretty good, and I'm currently reading the Forest. I need to find my copy of Russka so I can give it another go. But the books are highly entertaining and LONG, so they last awhile. [Smile]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

I read Russka. It took me ages. A library was throwing it away so I took it.

[ February 22, 2005, 10:16 PM: Message edited by: Synesthesia ]

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

Well, I'm just starting the others. Which means I have a lot to look forward to.

I read Russka in a week. Admittedly, it was a bedridden week. [Razz]