The Crisis in Russia, 1920

Informationen zum Autor Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) achieved lasting fame as the author of the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. They came however relatively late in his life. Before that he was a miscellaneous writer - a biography of Oscar Wilde , Bohemia in London and A History of Story-Telling being examples - and a journalist. In the latter role, his two most famous books were Six Weeks in Russia and The Crisis in Russia , both reissued in Faber Finds. His second wife, Evgenia Shelepina, was Trotsky's secretary. Zusammenfassung Describes Russia at the time of the Bolshevik takeover.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Ransome, Ransome Arthur
• Assisted by: Arthu Ransome (Editor), Arthur Ransome (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2010
• EAN: 9780571269075
• ISBN: 978-0-571-26907-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Russian Revolution, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), 1917–1923 (Russian Revolutionary period), HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions