Russka (novel)
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 First edition cover (possibly) |
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| Author | Edward Rutherfurd |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Century Hutchinson |
| Publication date | July 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 704 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0712624664 (first edition, hardback) |
Russka is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd, published in 1991. When publish by Crown Publishers in New York later in the same year the novel quickly became a New York Times bestseller. [1]
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[edit] Plot summary
The narrative spans 1,800 years of Russian history. The families that provide the focus for the story are the Bobrovs, Romanovs, Karpenkos, Suvorins and the Popovs. Between them these five families span the main people groups and social levels of the society in this northern empire.
Historical characters the go past in the course of the journey are Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible and his secret police, the westernizing Peter the Great, then Catherine the Great, and the Bolsheviks of the twentieth century.
[edit] Publication details
- 1991, UK, Century (ISBN 978-0712624664), pub date ? July 1991, hardback (First edition)
- 1991, USA, Crown Pub (ISBN 978-0517580486), pub date ? September 1991, hardback
- 1992, UK, Arrow Books (ISBN 978-0099635208), pub date 4 Jun 1992, paperback
- 2005, USA, Ballantine Books (ISBN 978-0345479358), pub date ? Mar 2005, paperback
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Paperback Best Sellers: December 20, 1992. NYTimes online. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
[edit] References
- Rutherfurd, Edward (July 1991). Russka, 1st ed., London: Century. ISBN 978-0712624664.
- Edward Rutherfurd books. Edward Rutherfurd official site. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
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