The Russian Revolution
$43.34
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2017
Summary
The Russian Revolution dismantled the ancient Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II, and the old regime was replaced in February 1917. In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. The Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, appointed themselves as leaders and seized control of the countryside, establishing the Cheka…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781445667324 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1445667320 |
| Author: | Alan Moorehead |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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‘A searching, colourful and brilliantly written account of the greatest historical event of modern times, the echoes of which are rolling yet.’
‘A searching, colourful and brilliantly written account of the greatest historical event of modern times, the echoes of which are rolling yet.’ – John Gunther, author of INSIDE U.S.A. and DEATH BE NOT PROUD
About The Author
Alan Moorehead
Alan McCrae Moorehead AO OBE (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and bestselling historian, most notably of two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile (1960) and The Blue Nile (1962). Australian-born, he lived in England, and Italy, from 1937. He became a renowned foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. Writer, world traveller, biographer, essayist, journalist, Moorehead was one of the most successful writers in English of his day. According to the critic Clive James, ‘His copy was world-famous … he was a far better reporter on combat than his friend Ernest Hemingway.’
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