Ten Days that Shook the World, John Reed
Ten Days that Shook the World, John Reed
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Ten Days that Shook the World

Author: John Reed

Narrator: Adam Sims

Abridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/27/2020


Synopsis

Ten Days that Shook the World is John Reed's phenomenal first-hand account of the October Revolution, leading up to the storming of the Winter Palace and the assumption of power by the Bolsheviks in 1917. A socialist journalist from the United States, John Reed was open about his Bolshevik sympathies and used his support to gain access to officials, witness speeches by the likes of Lenin and Trotsky, and observe the tumultuous overthrow of Kerensky's provisional government by the allied factions, whose conflicts and competing interests are recounted through a polyphony of voices. Containing some of the most evocative scenes of the era, Ten Days is a stunningly vivid account of one of the most significant events of the 20th century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ty on February 22, 2012

I just finished this one, after meaning to check it out since college. Sometimes you know a book is great even if you yourself have a hard time reading it. That was the case for me in the very well written and detailed personal account of the October Revolution in Russia, as experienced by American......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on September 18, 2009

Due to the various political parties that John Reed speaks of in his impassioned account of the Russian Revolution, it becomes somewhat difficult to follow the flow of events and their importance. An understanding of the struggle at hand in this tumultuous period really only requires the knowledge o......more

Goodreads review by Murtaza on December 14, 2017

This is simultaneously a difficult read and a pageturner - a firsthand account of the Bolshevik Revolution from an American observer, dense with details but also providing a historically priceless perspective of one of the most important events of the 20th century. Reed offer details of the factiona......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on March 13, 2023

A Personal Account of the Russian Revolution. 10 Days that Shook the World by John Reed is first hand account of the October Revolution. The American journalist was in Petrograd as the Bolsheviks took power and had close access to the events and people involved due to him belonging to the American So......more

Goodreads review by Jim on August 25, 2020

Overall, this was one of the scariest books I've ever read in light of our current political climate. Of course, most of the population was in very bad straits due to the harsh reprisals & rampant corruption from the days of the Tsars, the 1905 Revolution & then the Revolution of 1917 which deposed......more