Apostles Into Terrorists: Women And The Revolutionary Movement In The Russia Of Alexander Ii
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, minor wear. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. Bookseller sticker on front pastedown.
A landmark work of women's and Russian history, Apostles into Terrorists chronicles the remarkable and largely forgotten story of the women who stood at the heart of Russia's 19th-century revolutionary movement under Tsar Alexander II. Vera Broido details how idealistic young women, driven by a fierce sense of social justice, abandoned privilege and comfort to join — and often lead — underground networks that embraced radical and violent tactics in the struggle against autocracy. Written with narrative authority and scholarly rigour, the book reconstructs the lives of these extraordinary women through personal testimonies, memoirs, and historical records, painting a vivid portrait of courage, sacrifice, and ideological fervour. Broido argues compellingly that these women were not mere footnotes to history but central architects of a revolutionary tradition that would ultimately reshape the course of Russian civilisation.
Author: Vera Broido
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, London : Temple Smith
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, minor wear. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. Bookseller sticker on front pastedown.
A landmark work of women's and Russian history, Apostles into Terrorists chronicles the remarkable and largely forgotten story of the women who stood at the heart of Russia's 19th-century revolutionary movement under Tsar Alexander II. Vera Broido details how idealistic young women, driven by a fierce sense of social justice, abandoned privilege and comfort to join — and often lead — underground networks that embraced radical and violent tactics in the struggle against autocracy. Written with narrative authority and scholarly rigour, the book reconstructs the lives of these extraordinary women through personal testimonies, memoirs, and historical records, painting a vivid portrait of courage, sacrifice, and ideological fervour. Broido argues compellingly that these women were not mere footnotes to history but central architects of a revolutionary tradition that would ultimately reshape the course of Russian civilisation.