Memoirs of a Revolutionist Figner Paperback MB – Cornell University Press

Name: Memoirs of a Revolutionist Figner Paperback MB – Cornell University Press
Brand: Cornell University Press

Cornell University Press

Memoirs of a RevolutionistAuthor(s): Vera Figner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Northern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780875805528, 978-0875805528\nSynopsis\nBorn into the comforts of the Russian aristocracy in 1852, Vera Figner as a child harbored the fairy-tale dream of one day becoming tsarina. By the age of thirty-two, however, Figner had become one of Russia's most vocal revolutionaries, a terrorist and member of the Executive Committee of the People's Will party, and a prisoner sentenced for life for her involvement in the assassination of Alexander II. \n In this classic memoir, Figner recounts her journey from aristocrat to revolutionary, candidly relating the experiences that shaped her ideas and provoked her to political action and violence. As she reflects on her own lifelong commitment to improving the lives of ordinary Russians, she reveals much about the concept, structure, and leadership behind the radical movem.