A new book from the bestselling author of The Diaries of the Romanov Princesses, Helen Rappaport, based on rare, forgotten or considered lost archival materials, takes the reader to Petrograd in 1917, experiencing the most dramatic moments of its history. Masterfully recreating the spirit of the era, the author shows those events through the eyes of their participants (often involuntary) and eyewitnesses, giving the opportunity to fully relive them. During the course of the story, the reader will move from the luxurious palace halls and from embassy receptions to St. Petersburg streets and squares, from theaters and restaurants - into gloomy gateways and courtyards. His companions will be aristocrats and diplomats, journalists and military men, maids and nurses, workers and clerks, revolutionary sailors and foreign officers. Their daily life, their worries and holidays, their thoughts and feelings became the main content of the book, and political upheavals served only as a dramatic background for them, which makes Rappaport’s work truly valuable and unique. Each of the characters in the book saw their own piece of the revolution, each in their own way assessed the events. By combining all this precious evidence into a single picture, Helen Rappaport has managed to create the best reportage from the past that you can imagine.