Memoirs of a Revolutionist - Softcover

Peter Kropotkin was born into a life of privilege and fortune, but ended it in exile. Heir to a princedom over thousands of serfs, he left his home and family and took up the revolutionary cause of anarchism. He dedicated his life to eradicating inequality and spreading the benefits of the earth to all humanity. Kropotkin wrote the foundational books in the library of anarchism, and worked ceaselessly to overthrow capitalism and promote anarchism. In this book, he tells of his early life in the royal palace and his army service in Siberia, along with his imprisonment, daring escape, and decades-long exile. Because he speaks so much about those around him, his autobiography also functions as a gripping history of Russian politics in the second half of the 1800s.