The Shadow Of The Winter Palace

The Shadow Of The Winter Palace

by EdwardCrankshaw (Author)

Synopsis

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) .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 438
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 07 Apr 2000

ISBN 10: 0306809400
ISBN 13: 9780306809408

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