August 1914 — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Edition: Sixth impression, 1974
ISBN: 0 370 01465 0

Condition: Good second-hand condition with light shelf wear, some fading and handling marks to the dust jacket, and mild age toning to pages. Binding appears firm and intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

August 1914 is the first volume in Solzhenitsyn’s monumental historical cycle The Red Wheel, exploring the collapse of Imperial Russia and the events leading toward revolution. Set during the opening weeks of the First World War, the novel examines the disastrous Russian campaign in East Prussia and the moral, political, and spiritual crisis unfolding within Russian society.