• (Paperback) Pages 247 pp Preceded by The Czar's Madman (Estonian: Keisri hull, 1978)  Followed by Sailing Against the Wind (Estonian: Vastutuulelaev, 1987) ...
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    Observatory in 1976. Schmidt is also the protagonist of the biographic novel Vastutuulelaev: Bernhard Schmidti romaan (Sailing Against the Wind : a Novel of Bernhard...
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  • Sailing Against the Wind (Estonian: Vastutuulelaev) is a 1984 Estonian novel about the astronomer Bernhard Schmidt by Jaan Kross. An English translation...
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    coming from a humble background. Sailing Against the Wind (Estonian: Vastutuulelaev, 1987; English: 2012; translator: Eric Dickens). This novel is about...
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