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Ten Days That Shook the World
- Narrated by: George Backman
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders, set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat, soldiers, sailors, and peasants uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-21
Russian Revolution
This is a perfect book for someone wondering how the Bolsheviks took power in Russia and how no one believed they could keep it for more than 3 days. This book is a primary source of the events during the first world war to the seized power of Lenin. Enjoy!
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-02-18
Fascinating
An amazing description of one of the most significant events of the 20th century. An event whose ramifications and unintended consequences are still being felt today.
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- Owen McCracken
- 15-12-16
fantastic Audiobook
If you could sum up Ten Days That Shook the World in three words, what would they be?
Expertly written giving a real feel for what it was like to live through those dramatic days. Details the politics of the different forces, political trends and figures involved through Extracts from their actual interventions into events and meetings of the soviets, Duma etc and the demands they put forward at key moments rather than lots of side commentary. Reed is however unapologetically sympathetic to the aims of the workers, peasants and revolutionaries, so many of the official historians of the revolution claim to be objective but are deeply hostile.
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The narration and overall production are of a very high standard.
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- Kindle Customer
- 23-06-22
Really enjoyed it
A classic, great that its available free with membership. The voice actor was superb.
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- Tony Cisse
- 01-08-21
A brilliantly written and well research book
Well read, an an important insoght into world history with plenty of source and original material. Excellent
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- RC
- 17-02-22
poor
I was so looking forward to this book. However, as with many audio books, they are either poorly narrated or read by AI voices. either way, they're both really poor...and this is one of those..
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