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Russka: The Novel of Russia 54 reviews
Edward Rutherfurd
Ivy Books, 1992
700 Years
+ Russka
+ Similar in style to James Michener
Historical novels tell not only what occurred over the years, but how it impacted people personally. Russka does this very well, allowing for transgenerational effect as this sleepy Russian town mnout cope with governmental changes. It starts in the 1200s and finishes in the mid-1900s, describing ...
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Enemy at the Gates: Movie Tie-In88 reviews
William Craig
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
The was fasincating read!
+ Accessible war history, keenly told
+ Everyone should read this book.
+ As told by those who were there!
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The Bronze Horseman153 reviews
Paullina Simons
HarperTorch, 2002
A True Keeper!
+ Wonderful!
+ A Truly Wonderful Book
+ Wow! Historical Masterpiece
+ Beautiful Historical novel... but...
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom296 reviews
Slavomir Rawicz
The Lyons Press, 1997
great book
+ The Long Walk
+ A Mythic Tale
+ A real page turner
+ Outstanding Read!
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War and Peace (Modern Library Classics)39 reviews
Leo Tolstoy
Modern Library, 2002
Magnificent Achievement
+ I felt compelled to review this...
+ Very long and very good
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the
Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war,
if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by
that Antichrist--I really believe he is Antichrist--I will have
nothing more to do with ...
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The Children of the Arbat: A Novel (Rybakov, Anatolii Naumovich. Arbat Trilogy, V. 1.) 13 reviews
Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov
Little Brown & Co (T), 1988
The Soviet Union on the Eve of the Great Terror
+ Deja vu - Reflections today ot the 30's
+ A brilliant epic of Stalinist Russia
+ Excellent book
+ Gipping Account of Life in Stalinist Russia
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Doctor Zhivago 80 reviews
Boris Pasternak
Pantheon, 1997
Pasternak v. Reader, Round II
+ Doctor Zhivago, Love and the Russian Revolution
+ Love and Revolution
+ Love and Revolution
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The Children of the Arbat: A Novel (Rybakov, Anatolii Naumovich. Arbat Trilogy, V. 1.)13 reviews
Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov
Little Brown & Co (T), 1988
The Soviet Union on the Eve of the Great Terror
+ Deja vu - Reflections today ot the 30's
+ A brilliant epic of Stalinist Russia
+ Excellent book
+ Gipping Account of Life in Stalinist Russia
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Russka: The Novel of Russia54 reviews
Edward Rutherfurd
Ivy Books, 1992
700 Years
+ Russka
+ Similar in style to James Michener
Historical novels tell not only what occurred over the years, but how it impacted people personally. Russka does this very well, allowing for transgenerational effect as this sleepy Russian town mnout cope with governmental changes. It starts in the 1200s and finishes in the mid-1900s, describing ...
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Doctor Zhivago80 reviews
Boris Pasternak
Pantheon, 1997
Pasternak v. Reader, Round II
+ Doctor Zhivago, Love and the Russian Revolution
+ Love and Revolution
+ Love and Revolution
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom296 reviews
Slavomir Rawicz
The Lyons Press, 1997
great book
+ The Long Walk
+ A Mythic Tale
+ A real page turner
+ Outstanding Read!
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War and Peace (Modern Library Classics)39 reviews
Leo Tolstoy
Modern Library, 2002
Magnificent Achievement
+ I felt compelled to review this...
+ Very long and very good
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the
Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means war,
if you still try to defend the infamies and horrors perpetrated by
that Antichrist--I really believe he is Antichrist--I will have
nothing more to do with ...
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Enemy at the Gates: Movie Tie-In88 reviews
William Craig
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
The was fasincating read!
+ Accessible war history, keenly told
+ Everyone should read this book.
+ As told by those who were there!
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The Bronze Horseman153 reviews
Paullina Simons
HarperTorch, 2002
A True Keeper!
+ Wonderful!
+ A Truly Wonderful Book
+ Wow! Historical Masterpiece
+ Beautiful Historical novel... but...
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