Comrades by Brian Moynahan
This account of the cataclysmic events in Russia in 1917 begins with the murder of Rasputin by an Oxford-educated transvestite, and the collapse of Old Russia. It ends with the creation of the secret police and the slide to dictatorship on 7th December. Nobody in Russia, contends the author - least of all the Bolsheviks - expected the country to become the world's first communist state; it was the random forces of personality, luck and mischance that created 1917. The narrative chronicles the February revolution that began with an obscure labour dispute; the Tsar's abdication in February; the Kerensky government's descent into chaos during the summer turmoil; Lenin's flight to Finland; the October coup by the Bolsheviks; and the Red Terror which followed. The story is told partly in the words of the personalities involved, including Rasputin, Nicholas and Alexandra, Kerensky, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Gorky, Chaliapin and John Reed. Brian Moynahan also wrote "The Claws of the Bear", "The Tourist Trap" and "Airport International".
Brian Moynahan is a former history scholar of Cambridge University. He was a foreign correspondent, and latterly the European editor, of the London Sunday Times. As a foreign correspondent, he reported in the United States from Texas, New York City, Los Angeles, Florida, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. He also spent time with U.S. forces in Vietnam 1964--68 and in the Middle East. He lives in England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780091773564 |
| ISBN 10 | 0091773563 |
| Title | Comrades |
| Author | Brian Moynahan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1992-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 374 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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