LENIN ON THE TRAIN

Book ID/图书代码： 11701215B84412

English Summary/英文概要： From the signing of the Armistice at Compiegne at the end of the First World War, to the transportation of Jews to Auschwitz in the Second, railway carriages have played a recurring role in the history of the twentieth century. But perhaps one – relatively uncelebrated – held more significance even than those others: the carriage in which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin travelled from Switzerland in April 1917 through war-torn Germany to the Baltic and passage to Russia.

Retelling the story of those fevered couple of months following the abdication of the Tsar, Catherine Merridale pieces together the personalities and politics of a journey that marks the birth of what came to be the Soviet Union. With its scheming and plotting, its motley crew of characters including Lenin’s fellow passengers (most subsequently murdered by Stalin), diplomats, statesmen, spies and fraudsters, all presided over by the malevolent figure of Lenin himself; LENIN ON THE TRAIN will be a unique account of how the Russian Revolution of October 1917 began.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 自从一战结束后在贡比涅签署了停战协定起，一直到二战期间运送犹太人至奥斯威辛，铁路火车在20世纪历史上反复扮演着重要的角色。但这其中，1917年4月弗拉基米尔??伊里奇??列宁所乘坐的从瑞士出发途径饱经战争摧残的德国、开往波罗的海地区到达俄罗斯的火车恐怕更具历史意义。

作者Catherine Merridale通过重述沙皇退位后那几个月所发生的故事，将后来孕育了苏联的旅程中的特点和政治性整理在一起。书中的主人公包括与列宁搭乘同一辆列车的乘客（其中大部分相继被斯大林谋杀）、外交官、政客、间谍、骗子等等。《列宁专列》从独特的视角讲述了1917年10月俄国革命是如何开始的。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：对于作者CATHERINE MERRIDALE的好评：

“不仅对于那些对东方战场感兴趣的读者，对于任何想了解俄罗斯的读者而言，都是一本必读作品。”——Antony Beevor

“Merridale是一名科班出身的历史学家，但她同时拥有侦探的嗅觉和小说家的文学功底。”——《经济学家》

PRAISE FOR CATHERINE MERRIDALE:

"Essential reading, not just for those interested in the Eastern Front, but for anyone who wants to understand Russia.”Antony Beevor

“Merridale is a historian by training, but she has a detective’s nose and a novelist’s way with words” Economist

About the Author/作者介绍： Catherine Merridale之前攥写过三本有关俄罗斯的非小说类作品。她曾荣获过包括Heinemann文学奖在内的一系列奖项，并曾入围Samuel Johnson大奖。目前，她是伦敦大学当代历史学教授。

Catherine Merridale is the author of three previous works of non-fiction about Russia. She has won awards including the Heinemann Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. She is Professor of Contemporary History at Queen Mary, University of London.

Format:照片

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Allen Lane/Penguin (deliv Feb 2016, pub late Autumn 2016); US: Metropolitan/ Holt (pub late Autumn 2016) RIGHTS SOLD： France: Payot & Rivages Germany: Fischer Holland: Nieuw Amsterdam; Portugal: Bertrand; Sweden: Historiska Media; [German rights for the author are handled by Anoukh Foerg] It sold to Penguin Press UK, Metropolitan US, and also to Payot & Rivages in France, Fischer in Germany, Nieuw Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Bertrand in Portugal, Historiksa Media in Sweden, and we have an auction ongoing in Italy!

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