''Rakvere romaan'' (Estonian for ''Rakvere Novel'') is a 1982
historical novel
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by
Estonian writer
Jaan Kross.
It's about
Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...
's struggle for the 1302 gained town rights in the 18th century when the
Tiesenhausens want to own the town's land.
The book is translated into
Finnish (''Pietarin tiellä''; 1984),
Swedish
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(''Romanen om Rakvere''; 1988),
Russian (''Ракверский роман''; 1989),
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
(''Die Frauen von Wesenberg''; 2003) and
Dutch (''Strijd om de stad''; 2019).
Estonian novels
1982 novels
Rakvere
Novels set in the 18th century
Novels set in Estonia
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