Ten Days that Shook the World

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Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reeds masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the revolution he witnessed. Like no other work, it places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the peoples militias, factory committees, propagandists and crowds which thronged St Petersburgs squares to protest, celebrate, and strike. Rather than a coup orchestrated by a select few, the revolution here emerges in all its true energy, chaos, and creativity as a mass struggle from below for liberation, equality, and socialism.

A hundred years after its initial publication, Ten Days That Shook the World remains an unparalleled account of one of the twentieth centurys most seminal events.

John Reed (18871920) was an author, journalist, and activist.

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From its opening page,Ten Days has a tempo and a voice that sets it apart, in an era when reportage as a genre was still in its infancy. Robert McCrum, TheGuardian Rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail [Ten Days That Shook the World] remembered when all others are forgotten. George F. Kennan

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John Reed(18871920) was an author, journalist, and activist. He is one of only three Americans to be buried inside the Kremlin.