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A People’s Tragedy

By: Orlando Figes
Narrated by: Roger Davis
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Opening with a panorama of Russian society, from the cloistered world of the Tsar to the brutal life of the peasants, A People’s Tragedy follows workers, soldiers, intellectuals and villagers as their world is consumed by revolution and then degenerates into violence and dictatorship.

Drawing on vast original research, Figes conveys above all the shocking experience of the revolution for those who lived it, while providing the clearest and most cogent account of how and why it unfolded.

Now including a new introduction that reflects on the revolution’s centennial legacy, A People’s Tragedy is a masterful and definitive record of one of the most important events in modern history.

©2018 Orlando Figes (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Freedom & Security Military Politics & Government Russia War Socialism Imperialism Stalin Capitalism Soviet Union Liberalism
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An incredibly well researched book, written in a way which clearly links an enormous volume of events/dates/places, and people in a coherent and easy to follow manner. The reciter/narrator transfers the words from the book to the listener in a fashion that keeps the listener enthralled until the very last word. For this listener, the experience is going to be a very hard act to follow.

Breathing in scope and clarity.

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extremely thorough albeit boring book. takes about half way through before it gets interesting. alot of very boring chapters with extreme detail (sometimes unnecessary detail) if you want to know everything there is to know about imperial russia, and the revolution, this is where to start.

very thorough

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Orlando Figes’ epic 40 hour survey of the Russian revolution is a brilliant tale of how the dreams of 1917 became such a nightmare. Learned heaps.

Awesome

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I have this as a book i used at Uni - outstanding piece of work. But the narration drove me bonkers so much so that i returned it today. The narrator has no consistent voice...mumbling sometimes at the end of a passage - to the point where i could barely hear what he was saying.
Disappointed because the book deserved better!

Great Book. Poorly Narrated

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Hard to finish but needed to and was well worthwhile. Understand that crazy stupid country now.

Epic, sweeping and comprehensive!

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How can you take such an interesting part of world history and make it like reading a maintenance manual for a washing machine. Far too much data gets in the way.

tedious

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