October The Story of the Russian Revolution
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October The Story of the Russian Revolution

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Full Title

October The Story of the Russian Revolution
Author(s)

China Miéville
Edition
ISBN

9781784782795, 9781784782771, 9781784782788
Publisher

Verso Books
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Multi-award-winning author China Miéville captures the drama of the Russian Revolution in this “engaging retelling of the events that rocked the foundations of the twentieth century” (Village Voice). “Cinematic and vivid.” —Newsweek “An excellent work of art.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world’s first workers’ state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? In a panoramic sweep, stretching from St. Petersburg and Moscow to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire, Miéville uncovers the catastrophes, intrigues and inspirations of 1917, in all their passion, drama and strangeness. Intervening in long-standing historical debates, but told with the reader new to the topic especially in mind, here is a breathtaking story of humanity at its greatest and most desperate; of a turning point for civilization that still resonates loudly today.

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