"A novel in verse. Is brilliant, original funny and a classic. Essential reading for avid readers of any countries literature. Can be read again and again."
"Eve though the novel is unfinished because the second part was burn't on Gogol's request it is a must read. Is very enteraining and a great inlet to 19thC Russia"
"Is very long at over 1400 pages but is so involving and the characters are so deep that it can make you laugh and cry. Can be used as a great history of the the Russia French war as well."
"From Time magazines Moscow correspondent. His travels all across the huge continent are a brilliant insite into areas that are much neglected in the media and history books. Love this book."
"Every female should read this book. She is so corrageous and writes wonderfully of her arrest, incarceration and transport by the paranoid Russian authorities."
"The definitive book on the Russian revolution. Should be read before any other. Is a larg book but read like a story with all the more poignant because it's all true."
"The childhood autobiography of this highy influential man in Russain history is interesting in it's own right but it is written with such poetry sorrow it is a must read."
"The brilliance is this historian sheds new light on the arts and culture from 1812 to 1917. Unusual and packed with information. Written with such style can and should be read more than once."
