For He was a Cossack

Amidst personal and economic tragedies, horseman Ivan Shostakov tries to keep his life and family intact while fighting for his country. To expound the situation, family relationships are being pushed to the breaking point, Sweden is invading, and Tsar Peter I is keen on Europeanizing Russia, torturing dissidents, and squelching the culture of the Cossacks. A large-scale novel of action and solitude, romance and conflict, spanning the vast territories from golden steppe to cold northern forest of Finland and Siberia, 'For He was a Cossack' is an enthralling read.