{"product_id":"2026200012980-secondhand-before-the-revolution-a-view-of-russia-under-the-last-tsar","title":"Before The Revolution: A View Of Russia Under The Last Tsar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Imperial Russia stood at a breathtaking crossroads — a vast empire of glittering courts and grinding poverty, of ancient tradition and revolutionary ferment — and Before the Revolution captures this vanished world with haunting precision. Kyril Fitzlyon and Tatiana Browning present a sweeping visual and historical chronicle of Russian life under the last Tsar, Nicholas II, drawing on a rich archive of period photographs to reconstruct the social fabric of a civilisation on the brink of catastrophic collapse. From the gilded salons of the aristocracy to the crowded streets of St. Petersburg, the book details the full spectrum of Russian society — peasants, priests, soldiers, and statesmen — illuminating the vast gulf between privilege and deprivation that would ultimately ignite revolution.\n\nThe result is an indispensable work of photographic history, as much an elegiac portrait as a scholarly document, illustrating how a magnificent imperial culture carried within it the seeds of its own destruction. Fitzlyon and Browning's carefully curated selection of images and commentary gives voice to a world silenced by history, and the book stands as a powerful reminder of how swiftly empires can dissolve. For anyone captivated by the tragic grandeur of the Romanov era, this volume poses an irresistible question: could anything have saved the Russia that was?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210229162203,"sku":"2026200012980-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cf5778d0-e090-4bd0-8876-b07ea9a5fb0a.png?v=1788267602","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012980-secondhand-before-the-revolution-a-view-of-russia-under-the-last-tsar","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}