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For anyone curious about the connection with the Russian author with the same surname: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tolstoy#Family https://en.wikipedia
by davidw 2y ago
For anyone curious about the connection with the Russian author with the same surname: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tolstoy#Family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tolstoy#Family
I have also enjoyed the Aubrey-Maturin novels. They have a good mix of elements, including humor and action.
- tonyedgecombe 2y agoSmall world, he lives a few doors down from my mother in law.
- protomolecule 2y agoFrom your link: "According to historian Bob Moore, although the repatriations did occur, Tolstoy's intention was to minimize the culpability of the Cossacks for having sided with the Nazis, and in doing so he had undertaken manipulation of the sources and made "outrageous claims" that were exposed during the trial." Great successor to the noble bloodline that enjoyed benefits of the work of serfs they owned.