<p><b><i>What caused the Russian Revolution?</i></b><br><br><b><i>Did it succeed or fail?</i></b><br><br><b><i>Do we still live with its consequences?</i></b><br><br>Orlando Figes teaches history at Birkbeck, University of London and is the author of many acclaimed books on Russian history, including <i>A People''s Tragedy</i>, which <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i> named as one of the ''100 most influential books since the war'', <i>Natasha''s Dance</i>, <i>The Whisperers</i>, <i>Crimea</i> and <i>Just Send Me Word</i>. The <i>Financial Times</i> called him ''the greatest storyteller of modern Russian historians.''</p>