Description: "The fascinating history of an unknown people."--
Brief description: Anna Reid holds a master's degree in Russian history and reform economics from London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. She was the Kiev correspondent for the Economist and the Daily Telegraph from 1993 to 1995. Her first book, Borderland: A Journey through the History of the Ukraine, was published to wide acclaim in 1997. Ms. Reid lives in London.
Review Quotes: ""Graced with numerous examples of vivid description as well as fascinating historical anecdote. Reid has for her subject an epic of conquest, courage and exploitation as grand as America's West. You can open to almost any page and find fascinating detail and bright writing about a place most of us know nothing about."