Beschreibung
This book charts the trajectories of the characters who fell from power in the bloody breakdown of Europe's old order between 1917 and 1924, and those for whom the restless chaos marked the beginning of an unlikely rise to fame. It captures a definitive moment in history and weaves together an astounding cast of characters, including Lenin, Hitler, Trotsky, Charles de Gaulle, Hemingway and Freud. A brilliant work of narrative history.