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A People´s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction
Orlando Figes
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Description for A People´s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction
Paperback. Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, this book follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Num Pages: 960 pages, Over 100 contemporaneous photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today. `A modern masterpiece' Andrew Marr `The most moving account of the Russian Revolution since Doctor Zhivago' Independent Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, A People's Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Drawing on vast original research, ... Read more
Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today. `A modern masterpiece' Andrew Marr `The most moving account of the Russian Revolution since Doctor Zhivago' Independent Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, A People's Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship. Drawing on vast original research, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
960
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847924513
SKU
V9781847924513
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99-99
About Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Born in London in 1959, he was previously a Lecturer in History and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. A People's Tragedy received the Wolfson Prize, the NCR Book Award, the W.H. Smith Literary Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is ... Read more
Reviews for A People´s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction
A modern masterpiece
Andrew Marr Combines dramatic power, absorbing narrative and magisterial scholarship - a magnificent tour de force
Christopher Andrew
Sunday Telegraph
The most moving account of the Russian Revolution since Doctor Zhivago
Lucasta Miller
Independent
This book is not just a history; it is an ... Read more
Andrew Marr Combines dramatic power, absorbing narrative and magisterial scholarship - a magnificent tour de force
Christopher Andrew
Sunday Telegraph
The most moving account of the Russian Revolution since Doctor Zhivago
Lucasta Miller
Independent
This book is not just a history; it is an ... Read more