To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to publish Nobel Prizewinner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyns epic work March 1917, Node III, Book 1, of The Red Wheel.The Red Wheel is Solzhenitsyns magnum opus about the Russian Revolution. Solzhenitsyn tells this story in the form of a meticulously researched historical novel, supplemented by newspaper headlines of the day, fragments of street action, cinematic screenplay, and historical overview. The first two nodesAugust 1914 and November 1916focus on Russias crises and recovery, on revolutionary terrorism and its suppression, on the missed opportunity of Pyotr Stolypins reforms, and how the surge of patriotism in August 1914 soured as Russia bled in World War I.March 1917the third nodetells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events. The action of Book 1 (of four) of March 1917 is set during March 812. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. Bread riots in the capital, Petrograd, go unchecked at first, and the police are beaten and killed by mobs. Efforts to put down the violence using the army trigger a mutiny in the numerous reserve regiments housed in the city, who kill their officers and rampage. The...

Binding: Hardcover;686 pages; Publisher: Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac; Classification: DS; Weight: 1362 g; Dimensions: 440 x 167 x 46

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