A review by chandraisenberg
Russka by Edward Rutherfurd

5.0

I was surprised how much I enjoyed Russka. I would be interested to know what made Rutherford choose Russia since all of his other epic novels are set in Ireland and the UK. Russka is slightly different from Rutherford's other work in that there is a strong focus on modern Russian history (over 2/3 of the book). Because he takes his time with the last five centuries, a lot of the characters are in several stories. It didn't feel like a collection of isolated stories like Princes of Ireland and Sarum.

Pick this one up!