Doctor Zhivago

Doctor ZhivagoDescription Boris Pasternak Paperback First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's

even if apocryphal

and the ending of the First World War

locate broken communications wire for the Signal Corps to repair

a writer and activist who was the first woman awarded Nobel’s new Peace Prize

Beyond those specific images lie broader themes: the intersection of individual lives and entire nations

by Gertrude Bell

Mediterranean

close-up picture of the doughboys in all of their vibrant diversity

Distinguished scholar Orlando Figes presents a panorama of Russian society on the eve of that revolution

Amy Dockser Marcus rewrites the story of one of the world's most indelible divides

This was a war of land campaigns

000 troops to recover the German colony in Shandong but this was refused