Kolme katku vahel (Between Three Plagues) is a novel by the Estonian author Jaan Kross.[1] It was first published in 1970. The main character of the historical novel is Balthasar Russow (1536–1600), one of the most important Livonian and Estonian chroniclers.[2][3]

Kolme katku vahel
Cover of 1970 published version
AuthorJaan Kross
CountryEstonia
LanguageEstonian

It was published in English translation in three volumes in 2016, 2017, and 2022 as Between Three Plagues (vol. 1: The Ropewalker; vol. 2: A People Without a Past; vol. 3: A Book of Falsehoods).

Publication in English edit

  • The Ropewalker. Between Three Plagues, vol. 1 (London: MacLehose Press. 2016; translation by Merike Lepasaar Beecher) ISBN 9781784299781
  • A People Without a Past. Between Three Plagues, vol. 2 (London: MacLehose Press, 2017; translation by Merike Lepasaar Beecher) ISBN 9781784299545
  • A Book of Falsehoods. Between Three Plagues, vol. 3 (London: MacLehose Press, 2022; translation by Merike Lepasaar Beecher) ISBN 9780857055163

References edit

  1. ^ Linda Kaljundi; Eneken Laanes; Ilona Pikkanen (2015). "Introduction". In Kaljundi, Linda; Laanes, Eneken; Pikkanen, Ilona (eds.). Novels, Histories, Novel Nations: Historical Fiction and Cultural Memory in Finland and Estonia. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. p. 29.
  2. ^ Tiina Ann Kirss (2015). "Balthasar Russow at Koluvere". In Kaljundi, Linda; Laanes, Eneken; Pikkanen, Ilona (eds.). Novels, Histories, Novel Nations: Historical Fiction and Cultural Memory in Finland and Estonia. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. p. 257.
  3. ^ Loit, Aleksander (1985). National Movements in the Baltic Countries During the 19th Century. Stockholm: Centre for Baltic Studies at the University of Stockholm. p. 375.