Rupert Colley

This was a very interesting read. Mr. Colley loves history and it shows throughout his books. He takes you to the time he's writing about and puts you in the story with his characters. You come to feel for the characters and vicariously live their lives (for better or for worse). This is set during WWII in occupied France and is very intriguing. Well written and very much makes you question what you would have done in their circumstances.

I received a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
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A decent overview of the major events of the Russian revolutions of 1917, which nevertheless does not dwell too much on the causes, but I guess that wouldn't fit in an hour then. The book is improved by the appendix, which gives short bios of major personalities involved in the main events, like Lenin, Nicholas II, Trotzky and Stalin.

The value of this book over reading the Wikipedia page on the Russian revolution is, however, suspect. In fact, the latter might contain more information, to be honest.… (mais)