Harvey Pitcher

This is one of the most entertaining travel books you will ever read but you will learn some British and Russian history along the way. It is the story of the English women who left their homes to find employment as governesses to wealthy Russian families. Most were well educated and from good families but through circumstance needed to actually earn a living. There were few occupations suitable (or even available) to these women other than teaching as a governess and many went to Russia if show more employment was not available at home. Their stories are fascinating. There is a novel by Piers Paul Read called Alice in Exile (see my review) which is the story of one such woman and also a great thriller. show less

Este es un libro sobre la revolución rusa con una diferencia. Une la historia formal y las memorias individuales contando la historia de 1917 en palabras de testigos que dicen que la historia está en marcha. Asistieron a dos revoluciones: el derrocamiento del zarismo en marzo y la toma del poder por los bolcheviques en noviembre, y las describieron con una inmediatez que los relatos posteriores nunca alcanzaron.