Ten Days that Shook the World (Dover Value Editions)

The basis for the Academy Award®-winning 1981 film Reds, this classic, eyewitness account captures the opening days of the Russian Revolution. Reed's passionately involved narrative describes the fall of the provisional government, the assault on the Winter Palace, and Lenin's seizure of power. The legendary American journalist "writes of it brilliantly and entertainingly." — The New York Times Book Review. 16 illustrations.