Lenin on the Train
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250160146 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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One of The Economist's Best Books of the YearA gripping, meticulously researched account of Lenin’s fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the worldIn April 1917, as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution Vladimir Lenin was far away, exiled in Zurich. Simple and extreme, the text of this speech has been compared to such momentous documents as Constantine’s edict of Milan and Martin Luther’s ninety-five theses. Germany, for its part, saw an opportunity to further destabilize Russia by allowing Lenin and his small group of revolutionaries to return. Writing with the same insight and formidable intelligence that distinguished her earlier works, she brings to life a world of counter-espionage and intrigue, wartime desperation, illicit finance, and misguided utopianism. Now, in Lenin on the Train, drawing on a dazzling array of sources and never-before-seen archival material, renowned historian Catherine Merridale provides a riveting, nuanced account of this enormously consequential journeythe train ride that changed the worldas well as the underground conspiracy and subterfuge that went into making it happen. Millions of Russians at home were suffering as a result of German aggression, and to accept German ai
Catherine Merridale is the author of the critically acclaimed Ivan’s War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, and Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Russia. A professor of contemporary history at Queen Mary University of London, she has also written for The Guardian, the Literary Review, and the London Review of Books, and contributes regularly to broadcasts on BBC radio. She lives in
"Lenin on the Train is a well researched book on Lenin's return from exile to Russia in the spring of 1917" according to C. M Mills. Catherine Merridale is a British historian focusing on Russian affairs. In her new book Lenin on the Train she recounts the journey made by Vladamir Lenin from Zurich Switzerland to St. Petersburg Russia (called Petrograd at this time in history). The trip took place in April 191Lenin on the Train is a well researched book on Lenin's return from exile to Russia in the spring of 1917 C. M Mills Catherine Merridale is a British historian focusing on Russian affairs. In her new book Lenin on the Train she recounts the journey made by Vladamir Lenin from Zurich Switzerland to St. Petersburg Russia (called Petrograd at this time in history). The trip took place in April 1914. Lenin was accompanied on the trip by over thirty followers and fellow Bolsheviks. He was returning to assume the leadership of the victorious Communist Party which had recently capture the last Tsar Nicholas II forcing him to resign. Lenin was b. . Lenin was accompanied on the trip by over thirty followers and fellow Bolsheviks. He was returning to assume the leadership of the victorious Communist Party which had recently capture the last Tsar Nicholas II forcing him to resign. Lenin was b. The Churl on the Train This short work of popular history is best as a summary of the early phases of the 1917 revolution in Russia, as well as a clarifier of some misconceptions. While it centers around the eight-day trek of Lenin and about 30 others from Switzerland to Petrograd one hundred years ago this month, it also details Lenin's time in exile and the months before and after the March revolt, and provides a survey of events in Russia from Lenin's return until the Bolsheviks seized power in November.There is less about the famed train jou. fernando pelaez said Five Stars. very pleased
It is a work that enlightens as well as it entertains.”Literary Review. Drenched in atmosphere, her account has all the stuff of a spythriller.”Newsday“In vivid prose, Merridalerecounts the whole engine of revolution A superbly written narrativehistory that draws together and makes sense of scattered data, anecdotes, andminor episodes, affording us a bigger picture of events that we now understandto be transformative.”Kirkus Reviews“History recovered as livingdrama Merridale smuggles readers onto a train leaving Zurich in April1917 that is carrying explosive freight: Vladimir Lenin, the firebrand who willkindle a revolutionary conflagration in Russia.”Booklist“A colorful, suspenseful, andwell-documented narrative.”P