'In Silverwhite Lennart Meri moves along the thin line between history, myth and science, his extraordinary sensitivity oscillates between a deep knowledge of the classics, myths, folklore, geography and toponymy, linguistics and navigation, and an analytical capacity between the deductive and the speculative. The result is surprising intuitions supported by a deep and rigorous analysis.' -- Antonello Biagini, historian of Eastern Europe, and former Vice-Rector for General Affairs, Sapienza University of Rome 'Lennart Meri's magnificent travelogue of the North bridges ancient poetry with the distant past and exact sciences. Let modern readers enjoy these imaginary voyages with the same passion as those who first discovered them almost fifty years ago. -- Jüri Kivimäe, University of Toronto, and author of Aspects of Daily Life in Medieval Estonia and Tallinn in Flames: Soviet Air-Raids on Tallinn, March 1944 'Silverwhite is Lennart Meri's lyrical expression of the essence of Estonian identity and history--the inspiration for himself as the country's first post-Soviet President and for his country as it brilliantly asserts its right to exist in the most challenging of circumstances--escaping the constricting trammels of the Soviet mindset.' -- The Rt Hon Charles Clarke, former MP, and editor of Understanding the Baltic States
