History on a grand scale--an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizationsA People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other...

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial...

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Born in London in 1959, he was previously a Lecturer in History and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. A People¿s Tragedy received the Wolfson Prize, the...

"Die Tragödie eines Volkes: Die Epoche der russischen Revolution 1891-1924" von Orlando Figes ist eine umfassende historische Darstellung der russischen Revolution und ihrer weitreichenden Auswirkungen auf das Land und seine Bevölkerung....

"This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with the West." -Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Democracy...

"Die Tragödie eines Volkes: Die Epoche der russischen Revolution 1891 bis 1924" von Orlando Figes ist eine umfassende historische Darstellung der Russischen Revolution und ihrer Vorgeschichte. Das Buch beleuchtet die sozialen,...

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial...

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil War, A People's Tragedy, Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers, Crimea and Just Send Me Word. His work has won a number...

„Nataschas Tanz: Kulturgeschichte Russlands“ von Orlando Figes ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die reiche und facettenreiche Kulturgeschichte Russlands beleuchtet. Figes nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die Jahrhunderte, beginnend...

This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, "A People's Tragedy" offers a profound account of the Russian...

"Die Tragödie eines Volkes: Die Epoche der russischen Revolution 1891 bis 1924" von Orlando Figes ist eine umfassende historische Darstellung der russischen Revolution und ihrer Auswirkungen auf das Land und seine Bevölkerung. Figes...

From the "master of historical narrative" (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work-the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture.The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented...