October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

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First published by Verso 2017

© China Miéville 2017

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ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-277-1

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ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-279-5 (US EBK)

ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-280-1 (UK EBK)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Miéville, China, author.

Title: October : the story of the Russian Revolution / China Mieville.

Description: London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016051217 | ISBN 9781784782771 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Soviet Union – History – Revolution, 1917–1921. | BISAC:

HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. | HISTORY / Revolutionary.

Classification: LCC DK265 .M475 2017 | DDC 947.084/1 – dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016051217

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