October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Naval Warfare lightened only by the arrival

lightened only by the arrival of their rations or a glimpse of a pretty girl or a brief reprieve in the hospital

protesting conscription

the chivalry demonstrated by individuals on both sides amid merciless wholesale slaughter

renowned historian Paul Kendall relives some of the most emotional scenes ever witnessed through the eyes of those men and women that were there

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Naval Warfare lightened only by the arrivalDescription by China Miville Paperback On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Miville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history. In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the worlds first workers state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place?