{"product_id":"ten-days-that-shook-the-john-reed-9781646792825","title":"Ten Days That Shook the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"\u003cem\u003eTen Days That Shook the World\u003c\/em\u003e is not only the best account of the Bolshevik revolution, it comes near to being the best account of any revolution.\" -A.J.P. Taylor, historian (1964)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican journalist John Reed experienced firsthand the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and describes this in colorful detail in \u003cem\u003eTen Days That Shook the World\u003c\/em\u003e, with introductions by Vladimir Lenin and by Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book received wide praise from many reviewers, even from Soviet critic and US diplomat George F. Kennan, who said in 1956: \"Reed's account of the events of that time rises above every other contemporary record for its literary power, its penetration, its command of detail.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Days That Shook the World\u003c\/em\u003e was also the basis of the 1928 Russian movie with the same title by Sergei Eisenstein, and the 1981 Oscar winning movie \u003cem\u003eReds\u003c\/em\u003e about the life of John Reed, directed by Warren Beatty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Russian revolution and the history of Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646792823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646792825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77d","brand":"John Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989159117055,"sku":"9781646792825","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcc2e312-99ff-43e7-a46e-582689fa00bd.jpg?v=1683297909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ten-days-that-shook-the-john-reed-9781646792825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}