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.[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]

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).

  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.