For over a century the great Russian revolutionaries tried to overthrow the monarchy.
Their punishment was to be thrown into the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, then the most dreaded of Russian prisons and a symbol of Tsarist cruelty, where they were tortured and sometimes beaten to death, or left to rot in the silence of their cells. But who were these rebellious figures, and what else did they stand for?
Vivid and fast-paced, The Fortress is the powerful story of these Russian revolutionaries who fought for a greater freedom and unwittingly opened the way for a greater tyranny – the Bolshevik Revolution.
‘an absorbing account of Lenin’s predecessors … in Mr. Payne’s skilful hands these young idealists come alive in all their pathetic grandeur, while the tales of their intrigues and repeated self-sacrifice make fascinating reading’ – New York Times Book Review
‘Mr. Payne … again displays his gift as a chronicler of the past in terms of personality, drama and contemporary detail’ - Book-of-the-Month-Club News
'Mr. Payne is a literary phenomenon of astounding industry and versatility' - The New York Times
Robert Payne (1911-1983) was the author of many notable works, including The Rise and Fall of Stalin, The Life and Death of Lenin and The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Born in England, he was a constant world traveller, a keen observer, but always the biographer, historian, novelist, poet and translator.
Their punishment was to be thrown into the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, then the most dreaded of Russian prisons and a symbol of Tsarist cruelty, where they were tortured and sometimes beaten to death, or left to rot in the silence of their cells. But who were these rebellious figures, and what else did they stand for?
Vivid and fast-paced, The Fortress is the powerful story of these Russian revolutionaries who fought for a greater freedom and unwittingly opened the way for a greater tyranny – the Bolshevik Revolution.
Praise for Robert Payne:
‘an absorbing account of Lenin’s predecessors … in Mr. Payne’s skilful hands these young idealists come alive in all their pathetic grandeur, while the tales of their intrigues and repeated self-sacrifice make fascinating reading’ – New York Times Book Review
‘Mr. Payne … again displays his gift as a chronicler of the past in terms of personality, drama and contemporary detail’ - Book-of-the-Month-Club News
'Mr. Payne is a literary phenomenon of astounding industry and versatility' - The New York Times
Robert Payne (1911-1983) was the author of many notable works, including The Rise and Fall of Stalin, The Life and Death of Lenin and The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Born in England, he was a constant world traveller, a keen observer, but always the biographer, historian, novelist, poet and translator.
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