Publisher's Synopsis
Violent movements opposing existing political orders erupted throughout 19th-century Europe, but no-where was this revolutionary impulse made more dramatically visible than in Russia. 'Five Sisters' presents English translations of the memoirs of five of Russia's most renowned female revolutionaties - Vera Figner, Vera Zasulich, Praskovia Ivanovskaia, Olga Liubatovich, and Elizaveta Kovalskaia.
