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30 sats \ 11 replies \ @siggy47 22 Oct 2024 \ on: Book review | ‘Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921’ by Anthony Beevor BooksAndArticles
Thanks for posting. I have such limited knowledge of this history and I want to read more. Maybe I won't pick this book, though, I guess. I'm fascinated by both the bolshevik revolution and the Chinese revolution. Last year I read Mao, The Unknown Story, which was pretty good.
Have you ever read Wild Swans? She also wrote Mao, The Unknown Story. Wild Swans is the story of the 20th century in China, through the lens of 3 women, grandmother, mother, and daughter. The daughter is the author, Jung Chang.
It's an amazing book, one of my favorites. Chinese history of this period will really stick with you after reading it.
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No, but that sounds like a good one! I'm going to check it out now.
I really enjoyed the Mao book. I had no sense of him as a person and I certainly do now.
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Nice recommendation - thank you. I have heard of it but not read it.
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I got totally into Dr Zhivago movie two years ago. I watched it twice. It's funny, because my parents made me sit through it when I was a kid and I found it unbearable.
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My father and I watched Bridge Over River Kwai many times before he passed. A family tradition. I just rewatched Lawrence Of Arabia about six months ago. I have not seen the 1946 Great Expectations, but of course loved the book.
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I know about Kerouac. My mom died on the same day 3 years ago.