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Treading Air follows the life of Ullo Paerand through 30 years of violent political upheaval.
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The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work ...
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Scandalized his fellow aristocrats by spurning a far more appropriate marriage in order to wed a peasant's daughter.
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But all is not lost. Balthasar may call on a powerful ally - if he is willing to pay the price. In this final volume, fierce storms, along with famine, war and plague, continue to be loosed upon Livonia.
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The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work ...
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A "witty and poignant" novel (Guardian) by Estonia's leading novelist.
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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.
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This narrative, translated from the Finnish version of the Estonian original, uncovers the truth surrounding Baron von Bock, whose honesty with his royal mentor proved his undoing.
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When these stories were written the Estonians were not masters of their own house: the Soviets had been the occupying Power since 1940, apart from the three years 1941-44 when the Nazis were in occupation.