xxstefaniereadsxx's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Helen Rappaport is one of my favorite historians. This book detailed Vladamir Lenin's years spent in exile, traveling through European cities and garnering support. The people and ideas he was exposed to bolstered his revolutionary ideas. He was into all sorts of things, including leading a group of other like minded revolutionaries. This book was very interesting, and I learned quite a lot about Lenin. Prior to this, I knew the name, but nothing about the person himself. I didn't know he was into bank robberies and other wild schemes. It is always really interesting to me to see what it is about these people that make other people follow them and give their lives for these leaders. I would recommend this book, and also recommend checking out other books by this author.
tahinikill's review against another edition
2.0
Some unique narrative, interesting details about Lenin's travels and relationships, but too meandering in parts and too much of a Red Scare shadow over the whole thing... A tired, narrow point-of-view that belongs back towards the mid-20th century.
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