Black Night, White Snow Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917

New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0385008449 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, remainder spray bottom page edges, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Romanov genealogy chart on endpapers, Substantial notes, bibliography and index at back of book, adding up to almost 150 pages. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 746 pages; "The destruction of the Czars which brought about the reign of revolutions from 1905–1917 in Russia looms as the crucial political event of the twentieth century. In little more than a decade the Romanov dynasty was toppled, and its time-honored institutions repudiated. How did it happen? How could Nicholas and Alexandra, the nobility, middle class anarchists—even Lenin himself—not foresee the catastrophic changes that were shaking the empire? Why could nothing be done? And why were the efforts so ineffectual? Black Night, White Snow captures the rich drama of this whole period. With the artistry of a Balzac, Harrison Salisbury exposes the strata of Russian society, with its decedents, prophetic poets, religious fanatics, and newly liberated serfs. From archival sources within the Soviet Union, interviews, and his personal photography collection, he recreates the story as it happened. " .