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A professor of history at birkbeck, university of london and a frequent contrib. Andrew solomon says that nobody could fail to be impressed by orlando figes a people s tragedy but 924 weighty pages dont necessarily add up to a good book 6 october 1996. A peoples tragedy by orlando figes overdrive rakuten. Drawing on vast original research, figes conveys above all the shocking experience of the revolution for those who lived it. From the author of a peoples tragedy, an original reading of the russian revolution, examining it not as a single event. Read a people s tragedy the russian revolution centenary edition with new introduction by orlando figes available from rakuten kobo. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, a peoples tragedy is a profound account of the russian revolution for a new generation. Born in london in 1959, he was previously a lecturer in history and fellow of trinity college, cambridge. You knew it was a tragedy, but you had no idea how vicious a tragedy it was. A people s tragedy presents the first comprehensive history of the russian revolution in a single volume. Revolutionary russia, 18911991 by fellow orlando figes, 97808050911, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Orlando figes teaches history at birkbeck, university of london and is the author of many acclaimed books on russian history, including a people s tragedy, which the times literary supplement named as one of the 100 most influential books since the war, natasha s dance, the whisperers, crimea and just send me word. A peoples tragedy will do more to help us undersand the russian revolution than any other book i know. This is a remarkable book on the russian revolution. Many consider the russian revolution to be the most significant event of the twentieth century. A people s tragedy, using the public narrative of the likes of rasputin and brusilov to unravel the social and political history of the time. Orlando figes provides a general history of the whole russian revolutionary period, free from the political categories of the cold war and brought to life the individual human experience of the revolution diaries and letters written by people caught up in the events. Orlando figes in trouble again for gross inaccuracies. Figes historytrinity college, cambridge, england provides an extraordinary and comprehensive explanation not only of why the revolution occurred, but why it turned out the way it did.
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