One of the great works of modern historical writing; the classic account of the ideas; people; and politics that led to the Bolshevik RevolutionEdmund Wilson's To the Finland Station is intellectual history on a grand scale; full of romance; idealism; intrigue; and conspiracy; that traces the revolutionary ideas that shaped the modern world from the French Revolution up through Lenin's arrival at Finland Station in St. Petersburg in 1917. Fueled by Wilson's own passionate engagement with the ideas and politics at play; it is a lively and vivid; sweeping account of a singular idea―that it is possible to construct a society based on justice; equality; and freedom―gaining the power to change history. Vico; Michelet; Bakunin; and especially Marx―along with scores of other anarchists; socialists; nihilists; utopians; and more―all come to life in these pages. And in Wilson's telling; their stories and their ideas remain as alive; as provocative; as relevant now as they were in their own time.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Plausible look at English Settlement of N. AmericaBy WaggsVery detailed and well written. I was always curious about the disappearance of the first English colony in North America and this book offered some plausible explanations. It gives one pause to consider how the English ever did survive to colonize and why the Native people allowed them. Makes me want to cheer for the Natives. Too bad we're still beating them up.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Swashbuckling yarns well toldBy S. WeinsteinDid you know one of the earliest English voyages to the New World was by a proto-P.T. Barnum wannabe who; with a ship full of Tudor dandies; wanted to capture an Indian to put him on display for pay in Henry VIII's time? This is the history you didn't learn in school; made especially vivid by a narrative that emphasizes the swashbuckling adventures over any philosophizing. A short book; you'll wish it were longer by the time you get to Pocohantas' marriage to John Rolfe; the establishing event that made peace between Indian and settler and put paid to the amazing; surreal even; first chapter of the great British adventure in America.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining and informative history lesson.By Bob JarvisI won't go into the actual story which is very well developed in many of the other reviews. I would mention that Milton has a highly entertaining presentation of the facts; backed up by some remarkable research that provides many interesting details and believable logical conclusions to the process of the colonisation of the North American continent. His book breathes life into these famous Elizabethan and Native American characters and the book is hugely enjoyable; more importantly (perhaps) informative.I knew almost nothing of this history and am wondering why the Puritan settlers; of famous Thanksgiving Dinner fame; do not get a mention as a group. Strange....
