Six Weeks in Russia, 1919
But 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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-571-28761-1
- EAN: 9780571287611
- Produktnummer: 13890969
- Verlag: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 247 KB
- Auflage: Main
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