Memoirs of a Revolutionist

by Vera Nikolaevna Figner

Book Overview

Born into the comforts of the Russian aristocracy in 1852, Vera Figner as a child harbored the fairy-tale dream of one day becoming tsarina. By the age of thirty-two, however, Figner had become one of Russia's most vocal revolutionaries, a terrorist and member of the Executive Committee of the People's Will party, and a prisoner sentenced for life for her involvement in the assassination of Alexander II.

In this classic memoir, Figner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875805523
• ISBN13: 9780875805528
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher