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The author of this blog is Trevor Pateman. I have purchased all the books reviewed here unless stated otherwise. My own books are cheapest at blackwells.co.uk. I can be found at academia.edu but am not on X and never used Twitter. New July 2026: www.otherpeoplesletters.com where I transcribe and introduce letters I have found outside archives, mostly written 1750-1850

Showing posts with label Oliver Bullough The Last Man in Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oliver Bullough The Last Man in Russia. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Review: Svetlana Alexievich, Second-Hand Time

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It’s often said that in Russia human life has never been valued. Ever since the Romanovs installed themselves back in 1613, human bei...
Saturday, 1 March 2014

Review: Caroline Walton and Ivan Petrov, Smashed in the USSR

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This book is a testimony to the strength of the human body. Ivan Petrov lived to the age of 67 (1934 - 2001) despite a brutal upbringin...
Saturday, 13 April 2013

Review: Oliver Bullough, The Last Man in Russia

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When I saw this book on the table at Waterstones, I bought it at once: I had read Oliver Bullough's Let Our Fame Be Great ,  an i...
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