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A People’s Tragedy

By: Orlando Figes
Narrated by: Roger Davis
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Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, A People’s Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship.

Drawing on vast original research, Figes conveys above all the shocking experience of the revolution for those who lived it, while providing the clearest and most cogent account of how and why it unfolded.

Now including a new introduction that reflects on the revolution’s centennial legacy, A People’s Tragedy is a masterful and definitive record of one of the most important events in modern history.

©2018 Orlando Figes (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Freedom & Security Military Politics & Government Russia War Socialism Soviet Union Imperialism Stalin Capitalism Self-Determination Liberalism Middle Ages
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A thorough and comprehensive survey of the Revolution and its aftermath. The narration is excellent.

An outstanding history

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it is filled with fascinating anecdotes and the narrative is told from many different perspectives. an essential book to understand the revolution

epic recounting of the long revolution

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A great book, well read. Only complaint is the absence of chapter headings. You can get very confused if you wish to listen to any particular chapter.

Great, but we need chapter headings

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Essential reading for those who continue to believe that socialism is not fundamentally cruelly evil

Superb telling of Russian tragedy

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Truly well-documented, written book that focused on the details that accompanied the Russian upheavals before, during, and after 1917 revolution. Sometimes small details that other history books overlook despite their pivotal impact on the events that made what Russia is today.

Fascinating details

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