The Shadow Of The Winter Palace

by Edward Crankshaw

Overview

Exactly 175 years ago, on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg, a failed uprising ignited a process that would, one red October, finally sweep the autocracy away. The Shadow of the Winter Palace recounts an extraordinary century of Russian history, a politically tempestuous time that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement — the century of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. A master stylist and a distinguished historian, Edward Crankshaw limns dazzling portraits of the czars, the revolutionaries, and a host of other unforgettable characters — and provides a riveting, sweeping history "jam-packed with information about the past and implications for the present"(Atlantic Monthly).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306809408
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/07/2000
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edward Crankshaw (1909-1984) reported on Soviet affairs for the London Observer for more than two decades.

Editorial Reviews

Exactly 175 years ago, on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg, a failed uprising ignited a process that would, one red October, finally sweep the autocracy away. The Shadow of the Winter Palace recounts an extraordinary century of Russian history, a politically tempestuous time that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement-the century of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. A master stylist and a distinguished historian, Edward Crankshaw limns dazzling portraits of the czars, the revolutionaries, and a host of other unforgettable characters-and provides a riveting, sweeping history "jam-packed with information about the past and implications for the present"

Atlantic Monthly