This antiquarian volume contains a collection of some of Robert William Service's most influential and esteemed poetry, including 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew' and 'The Cremation of Sam McGee'....

This popular, concise and approachable text discusses the key debates and themes surrounding the Russian Revolution. The expandedfourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of the latest research, and now features a new scene-setting Introduction and maps. " ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact....

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact....

\\\"A timely and important book... he brings to it rare clarity and common sense. His book is a fast-paced account of the last sixteen months of the tsar’s life; brief, sharp, but laced with well-judged feeling for the dramas of the time\\\".......

A riveting account of the last eighteen months of Tsar Nicholas II\"s life and reign from one of the finest Russian historians writing today. In March 1917, Nicholas II, the last Tsar of All the Russias, abdicated and the dynasty that had ruled an......

The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician foresaw that the stand-off between the two superpowers - after decades of struggle over every aspect of security, politics, economics and ideas - would end in their lifetimes....

Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factional chief, sparkling writer, \\\"ladies\" man\\\" (e.g., his affair with Frieda Kahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everyday life, grand seigneur of his household, father and hunted victim, Trotsky lived a brilliant life in extraordinary times....

Russia\"s recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is undergoing huge change. In his acclaimed history, now fully revised and updated, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, its rulers and its ruled, from Tsarism to today....

In this acclaimed biography, Robert Service brings us closer than ever to an understanding of one of the most notorious figures in world history....

The critically acclaimed biography of Lenin by one of the greatest Russian history experts and bestselling author of Trotsky, Stalin and Comrades. Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure....

From an award-winning historian, this is a break-out book in the tradition of \"Agent Zig Zag\". In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky......

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service\'s biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published....

The highly acclaimed biography of the terrifying and fascinating Russian leader, Stalin, written by one of our greatest contemporary historians of Russia and author of the bestselling Trotsky, Lenin and Comrades....

In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service\'s \"The Cremation of Sam McGee\" illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of colour to bring this gritty narrative poem to life....