October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

by China Mieville
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

by China Mieville

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Overview

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)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784782795
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 05/09/2017
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

About The Author
China Miéville is the multi-award-winning author of many works of fiction and non-fiction. His fiction includes The City and the City, Embassytown and This Census-Taker. He has won the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Arthur C. Clarke awards. His non-fiction includes the photo-illustrated essay London’s Overthrow and Between Equal Rights, a study of international law. He has written for various publications, including the New York Times, Guardian, Conjunctions and Granta, and he is a founding editor of the quarterly Salvage.

Table of Contents

Maps x

Introduction 1

1 The Prehistory of 1917 5

2 February: Joyful Tears 39

3 March: 'In So Far As' 66

4 April: The Prodigal 107

5 May: Collaboration 127

6 June: A Context of Collapse 142

7 July: Hot Days 167

8 August: Exile and Conspiracy 198

9 September: Compromise and Its Discontents 236

10 Red October 256

Epilogue: After October 305

Glossary of Personal Names 321

Further Reading 330

Acknowledgements 342

Index 344

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