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October : the story of the Russian Revolution / China Miéville.

by Miéville, China.

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Communism -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.

9781784782771 (hc.)

369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-341) and index.

"Fantasy and science fiction author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down. He has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? The story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. A book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mieville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story. British novelist China Miéville's fiction includes The City and the City, Embassytown and This Census-Taker. He has won the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Arthur C. Clarke awards. His non-fiction includes the photo-illustrated essay London's Overthrow and Between Equal Rights, a study of international law."--Provided by publisher.

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