A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution – centenary edition with new introduction

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Orlando Figes

A People's Tragedy

The Russian Revolution – centenary edition with new introduction

Orlando Figes

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The Bodley Head Ltd
15 February 2017

European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

The unrivalled, definitive history beautifully reissued with a new introduction for the 100th anniversary

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, Figes conveys above all the shocking experience of the revolution for those who lived it, while providing the clearest and most cogent account of how and why it unfolded.

Illustrated with over 100 photographs and now including a new introduction that reflects on the revolution's centennial legacy, A People's Tragedy is a masterful and definitive record of one of the most important events in modern history.

By: Orlando Figes
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Special edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 56mm
Weight: 1.205kg
ISBN: 9781847924513
ISBN 10: 1847924514
Pages: 960
Publication Date: 15 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 the author of many other books on Russian history including Natasha's Dance- A Cultural History of Russia, The Whisperers- Private life in Stalin's Russia, Crimea- the Last Crusade and Just Send Me Word- A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag.

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 item of history -- Neal Ascherson Independent on Sunday A People's Tragedy will do more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know -- Eric Hobsbawm London Review of Books