The Quest for Freedom: A life of Alexander Kerensky the Russian Unicorn

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Quest for Freedom: A life of Alexander Kerensky the Russian Unicorn
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Alexander Thompson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:752
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 158
ISBN/Barcode 9781098319687
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher BookBaby
Imprint BookBaby
Publication Date 19 August 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

The Quest for Freedom, a biography of Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky published in June 2020, commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the great socialist reformer who personified the Russian Revolution of February 1917 and yet who is remembered today, if at all, as 'the man who lost Russia'. In the first biography of Kerensky for more than thirty years, award-winning author Peter Alexander Thompson uses interviews with two of Kerensky's grandchildren, the Kerensky Family's private papers and Kerensky's own words to weave a compelling narrative that not only spans the entire revolutionary period but also covers World War I, the Russian Civil War and World War II.

Author Biography

Australian-born Peter Alexander Thompson was a Fleet Street journalist for twenty years. Since becoming a fulltime author in 1991, he has written twenty books on war, royalty and big business. He won the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature with Robert Macklin for The Big Fella: The Rise and Rise of BHP Billiton (Random House Australia 2009). His works include Pacific Fury, a best-selling one-volume history of the Pacific War, and The Battle for Singapore 1942.