Conspirator: Lenin in Exile - Couverture souple

Rappaport, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099537230 ISBN 13 : 9780099537236

Editeur : Windmill Books, 2010

Synopsis

Conspirator Tells the story of Lenin's exile: the years in which he and his political collaborators plotted a revolution that changed 20th-century history. This title describes Lenin's many conflicts - personal and political - with those who shared his exile. It also looks at the loyal circle of women who unquestioningly supported Lenin. Full description

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Vivid ... Lenin's ruthless determination to seize power in October 1917 probably owed much to his awareness that he had but one chance to escape the world of paranoia and conspiracy in which he had operated for so long, and that Rappaport evokes so successfully' Sunday Times

Conspirator is the compelling story of Lenin in exile. It tells how, for seventeen years, he lived a hand-to-mouth existence outside Russia, working towards the upheaval that in 1917 transformed the political landscape of Europe: the Russian Revolution.

Helen Rappaport's lively account describes Lenin's triumphs and the conflicts, personal and political, with those who shared his exile. She creates a vivid picture of Russian émigré life and of how Lenin and the Bolsheviks strove to achieve his vision of a Soviet social democracy. She also explores the toll that their extraordinary existence took not just on Lenin but on the loyal group that surrounded him, and particularly on the women in his life.

With much new material from rare and previously overlooked sources, Conspirator is an unrivalled portrait of Lenin in the making.

'An enjoyable, well-written account of the lives of Lenin and his close circle in the wilderness years before the Russian revolution' Irish Times

'A magnificent book ... Rappaport's account of his earlier, often neglected decades is well researched, fluently written and something of a triumph' The Tablet

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Conspirator is the compelling story of Lenin's exile: the years in which he and his political collaborators plotted a revolution that would change 20th century history.

It tells the story of Lenin in the long and difficult years leading up to the Russian Revolution, years that were spent constantly on the move in and around Europe in the company of his loyal and longsuffering wife Nadezhda Krupskaya.

Conspirator strips away the arid politics of Lenin's official life and reveals the real man, as well as describing his many conflicts, personal and political, with those who shared his exile.

It also looks at the loyal circle of women who unquestioningly supported Lenin, at Russian émigré lives in the enclaves of the cities in they lived and the risks taken in support of Lenin's vision by the wider network of Russian revolutionaries in the underground movement, both at home and abroad.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Windmill Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099537230
• ISBN 13: 9780099537236
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416