The Crisis in Russia, 1920 - 9780571269075

Name: The Crisis in Russia, 1920 - 9780571269075
Brand: Faber & Faber

Faber & Faber

The Crisis in Russia, 1920\nPlease note: \nthis item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).\n\nAuthor(s): Arthur Ransome\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom\nImprint: Faber & Faber\nISBN-13: 9780571269075, 978-0571269075\nSynopsis\nBut for Swallows and Amazons, some of Arthur Ransome's earlier writings would be better known. The extraordinary success Ransome achieved as a children's writer, from the 1930's until his death in 1967, perhaps inevitably eclipsed his earlier work, but in the case of his two books and pamphlet on the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the tumultuous events that followed that is a great loss: it can be said unequivocally that these writings are on a par, perhaps even exceeding, such classics as John Reed's Ten Days that Shook the World. Arthur Ransome knew Russia. He lived there from 1914 to 1918 almost all the time. He taught himself Russian and became a foreid