Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. You may be charged a restocking fee up to 50% of item's price for used or damaged returns and up to 100% for materially different item.  US$14.15, US$11.08 . “For all too many of these high-born revolutionaries, the main attraction of 'the cause' lay not so … A People's Tragedy is a masterful and original synthesis by a mature scholar, presented in a compelling and accessibly human narrative. I wouldn't have picked it out or read otherwise, but I learned a great deal. I cannot recommend this book highly enough to anyone who really wants to learn about one of the most important events in history. Time and again it is shown that there were opportunities missed that could have changed the course of history. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I also enjoyed the analysis of the failings of the Provisional Government which as liberals we tend to romanticize in the classroom. It didn't disappoint. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. “The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The Whites were stranded in a Red peasant sea. Everything you should know about the Russian Revolution, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2016. Eric Hobsbawm, London Review of Books. These individual storylines never lose their context and Figes does not stray too long from the main story. 74 years of Soviet rule followed. Figes (History/Trinity 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. Amazon US Return Policy applies to this item. (Wikipedia), Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, A Concise History of the Russian Revolution, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956, The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962―1976, Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. 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. Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2020. We have reached that frightful moment when death is better than the prolongation of our unbearable sufferings.  US$14.00, US$74.52 . A thought-provoking, vivid account of the Russian Revolution, Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new … 15 cm x 23 cm. Detailed and Well Paced Telling of the Russian Revolution, Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017. The populists, who invested much of themselves in their conception of the peasants, suffered the most in this respect, since the disintegration of that conception threatened to undermine not only their radical beliefs but also their own self-identity.”, “Their notion of training was to march the men up and down in parades and reviews: these were nice to look at and gave them the impression of military discipline and precision, but as a preparation for a modern war they had no value whatsoever.”, “It was not Marxism that made Lenin a revolutionary but Lenin who made Marxism revolutionary.”, “To the less privileged it was this arbitrariness that made the regime's power feel so oppressive. Superior research and detail, but very difficult to read as bombardment of places, names, events and minutiae. Welcome back. Please try your request again later. Figes's use of individual storylines is especially helpful in elucidating this complicated subject matter. This is thorough and all-encompassing. .  US$84.96, US$11.00 According to Figes ... the whole of 1917 could be seen as a political battle between those who saw the revolution as a means of bringing the war to an end and those who saw the war as a means of bringing the revolution to an end. Learn more about the program. 'He says of the icon: "It's good for praying -- and you can cover the pots with it too.”, “Whereas in Western countries the constitution merely had to guarantee the rights of a per-existing civil society and culture, in Russia it also had to create these. A brilliantly interesting historical account of the Russian Revolution. Orlando Figes is the prizewinning author of, A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924, A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution, Concise History of the Russian Revolution, Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. . The Book Depository Ltd.UK. Something went wrong. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This is a 5 star book. Unrivalled and wholly immersive, Orlando Figes's A People’s Tragedy is a panorama of Russian society on the eve of the revolution and the story of its violent erasure.. 100th Anniversary Edition Includes New Introduction In this acclaimed account, Figes follows workers, soldiers and peasants as their world is consumed by revolution. His first book, Ivan the Terrible: Russia’s Most Insane Tsar, Taiwan's Former Nuclear Weapons Program: Nuclear Weapons On-Demand, A History of RUSSIA ('In Brief' Books for Busy People Book 8). A good read but nothing to getting really appreciate or get excited about! No question about it. --Steven Merritt Miner, The New York Times Book Review, Huge in scope, brilliant in vignette, dark and implacable in theme, it is a modern masterpiece.