Kolme katku vahel

Kolme katku vahel
Cover of 1970 published version
AuthorJaan Kross
LanguageEstonian
Publication placeEstonia

Kolme katku vahel (Between Three Plagues) is a novel by the Estonian author Jaan Kross. 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.

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

References

  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.