A People's Tragedy
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A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Vast in scope, based on exhaustive original research, and written with passion, narrative skill and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is the definitive account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. It has won the Wolfson History Prize, the WH Smith Literary Award, and the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award.
"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 *
"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 *
Orlando Figes is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, and former University Lecturer in History at Cambridge. Born in London in 1959, he graduated with a double-starred first in History from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1982. His first book, Peasant Russia, Civil War, was described by one reviewer as 'one of the most important books ever published on the Russian Revolution'. His website can be found at www.orlandofiges.co.uk
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781847922915 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847922910 |
| Title | A People's Tragedy |
| Author | Orlando Figes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 1024 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |