Revolutions: A New History

‘This is thrilling history’ — RANA MITTER, AUTHOR OF CHINA’S GOOD WAR

‘A big book on a big idea. Sassoon is able to work on a grand scale, and he’s not afraid to take big swings’ — LITERARY HUB, MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR

Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the fall of the Bastille or the storming of the Winter Palace. In reality, they take decades to burn out, if they ever do...