With the Armies of the Tsar
Author | : Florence Farmborough |
Publisher | : Cooper Square Publishers |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : WISC:89065094260 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book With the Armies of the Tsar written by Florence Farmborough and published by Cooper Square Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compelling firsthand account of an extraordinary woman's experiences with the Russian Army in World War I. Florence Farmborough was a 27-year-old Englishwoman employed as a governess to a family in Moscow when war broke out. She volunteered with the Red Cross and found herself at the forefront of military events in Poland, Austria, and Rumania. She witnessed the effects of Lenin and Trotsky's bloody revolution, and of Russia's collapse into chaos and civil war. Illustrated with nearly fifty of Farmborough's stunning photographs, With the Armies of the Tsar is a remarkable chronicle of courage, discipline, and fortitude in the face of the warfare and political upheaval that destroyed Tsarist Russia and created the Soviet empire.