The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and the Russian -- all took place in societies where the rate of literacy was approaching 50 per cent. Error rating book. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please choose a different delivery location. It was as exotic and alien to them as the natives of Africa were to their distant colonial rulers.”, “There is no sadder symbol of the crippling poverty in which millions of peasants were forced to live than the image of a peasant and his son struggling to drag a plough through the mud.”, “The peasant also found another use for this sacred object. Andrew Solomon says that nobody could fail to be impressed by Orlando Figes' A People's Tragedy - but 924 weighty pages don't necessarily add up to a good book (6 October 1996). We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Finished it and immediately started again from page 1, Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018. In order to tell the story of the Russian Revolution, Figes begins three decades earlier, in 1891, with the famine that could be seen as starting the journey towards revolution; and continues up to 1924, the year that the first dictator, Lenin, died. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 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. A people’s tragedy indeed. 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Many consider the Russian Revolution to be the most significant event of … Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. 3 people found this helpful I would compare it to Simon Schama's "Citizen" on the French Revolution in breadth of account, depth of analysis and fluency of style. Previous page of related Sponsored Products. © 2020   US$14.15, US$12.86 These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers.  US$20.25, US$25.79 A good read but nothing to getting really appreciate or get excited about! Yet, despite living so close to the peasants, the educated classes of the cities knew next to nothing about their world. Eric Hobsbawm, London Review of Books. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. ORLANDO FIGES is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, and former University Lecturer in History at Cambridge. This book is highly informative, intelligent and beautifully written covering so much more than the politics - as must be expected from this academic and the vast subject. The horrible reality of the Russian revolution and of Lenin’s evil. A good read but nothing to getting really appreciate or get excited about!  US$16.00, US$27.86 Please try your request again later. No subject of the Tsar, regardless of his rank or class, could sleep securely in his bed in the knowledge that his house would not be subject to a search, or he himself to arrest.”, “The worst violence was reserved for the Jews.  US$16.73, US$15.42 A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891 - 1924. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.  US$24.95, US$17.49  US$12.87, US$21.01 Available. 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