His books have been translated into over 30 languages.Every country has an origin story but none has “changed it so often” as Russia, according to Orlando Figes. Figes is the bestselling author of nine books on Russian and European history, including Natasha’s Dance and A People’s Tragedy.
He was born in London in 1959 and studied History at the University of Cambridge. 'Figes knows more about Russia than any other historian'Ībout the Author: Orlando Figes is an award-winning author and historian, who has held teaching posts at Birkbeck College, University of London and Trinity College, University of Cambridge. ‘ An outstanding historian and writer, he brings distant history so close that you could feel its heartbeat ’ In The Story of Russia, Orlando Figes brings into sharp relief the vibrant characters that comprise Russia’s rich history, and whose stories remain so important in making sense of the world’s largest nation today – from the crowning of sixteen-year-old Ivan the Terrible in a candlelit cathedral, to Catherine the Great, riding out in a green uniform to arrest her husband at his palace, to the bitter last days of the Romanovs.īeautifully written and based on a lifetime of scholarship, The Story of Russia is a major and definitive work from the great storyteller of Russian history: sweeping, suspenseful, masterful. To understand what Russia’s future holds – to grasp what Putin’s regime means for Russia and the world – we need to unravel the ideas and meanings of that history. How the Russians came to tell their story, and to reinvent it as they went along, is a vital aspect of their history, their culture and beliefs. No other country has been so divided over its own past as Russia. ‘To understand Putin's paranoia, read this book on Russia's history’įrom the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country’s past – and how they can inform its present. 'A lucid chronological journey that ably illustrates how narratives from the nation’s past have been used to shape its autocratic present’ ‘ A great historian at the peak of his powers' by one of the masters of Russian scholarship' ‘A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia. ‘The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia'
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