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It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in...

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into monumental revolution. But none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation. In The Great Upheaval, acclaimed...

Cuatrocientos años llevaba en el poder la dinastía de los zares en Rusia. Hartos de las guerras y penurias económicas, el país sólo deseaba trabajo y prosperidad. Estas terribles circunstancias motivaron la preparación de su clase intelectual y campesina hacia la lucha contra el zar Nicolás II, representante de una dinastía moral y políticamente corrompida.