Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire Audiobook, by Victor Sebestyen Play Audiobook Sample

Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire Audiobook

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Read By: Paul Hecht Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 12.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 9.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: December 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781440775253

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

53

Longest Chapter Length:

56:31 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:17 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

21:10 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

Revolution 1989 by British journalist Victor Sebestyen is a comprehensive and revealing account of those dizzying days that toppled Soviet tyranny and changed the world. For more than 40 years, communism held eight European nations in its iron fist. Yet by the end of 1989, all of these nations had thrown off communism, declared independence, and embarked on the road to democracy.

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"This book is excellent. It is a well-written, well-researched account of the end of Communist rule in central and eastern Europe. Victor Sebestyen has plumbed the archives in many countries and has produced an informative, nuanced account of the end of the Soviet empire that is a joy to read. "

— Gerald (5 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Timothy Mott Sr, 1/27/2021
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    — Michael Barrett, 12/8/2017
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    " This book is excellent. It is a well-written, well-researched account of the end of Communist rule in central and eastern Europe. Victor Sebestyen has plumbed the archives in many countries and has produced an informative, nuanced account of the end of the Soviet empire that is a joy to read. "

    — Gerald, 1/12/2014
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    " A terrific book to read after Anne Applebaum's The Crushing of Eastern Europe. Biographies of the actors in the multiple dramas of Eastern Europe and Russia are interwoven with the events leading up to the fall of the Soviet empire. "

    — Jean, 12/17/2013
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    " Supremely readable history of the collapse of the Soviet Empire. "

    — Scott, 10/11/2013
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    " Great read if you like History and have ever been curious about how the Warsaw Pact counties fell in such a short time. "

    — Marcus, 8/24/2012
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    " I loved this book! It was written in an exciting, fast-paced style that made it extremely easy to read. I've read so many other non-fiction books that were dry, scholarly, dusty tomes and took forever to read. Not so with this one. "

    — Freyja, 6/21/2012
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    " This was a fantastic book by a journalist that clearly explains the major forces contributing to the The Fall of the Soviet Empire. "

    — Rod, 2/6/2012
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    " Great read. Insightful, fascinating. Easy to read and a book I'll be referring back to often. Definitely worth reading. "

    — Jim, 10/4/2011
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    " This was a fantastic book by a journalist that clearly explains the major forces contributing to the The Fall of the Soviet Empire. "

    — Rod, 7/21/2010
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    " quite good synopsis of and description of the social pressures behind what happened in the 6 warsaw pact countries prior to the revolutions of 1989, from the long (but largely peaceful) march of solidarity in poland to the bloody overthrow of Ceausescu in Romania. "

    — Alex, 1/28/2010

About Victor Sebestyen

Victor Sebestyenwas born in Budapest. He has worked as a journalist on many British newspapers including the Times, the Daily Mail, and the London Evening Standard, where he was foreign editor and editorial writer. He has also written for many American publications, including the New York Times, and was an editor at Newsweek. He is the author of Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire, and Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror.

About Paul Hecht

Paul Hecht’s long career in audiobooks spans dozens of titles and authors as varied as Ray Bradbury and Gore Vidal, Jack Finney and Thomas Mann. He has recorded such books as Bob Dole’s One Soldier’s Story and Alexander McCall Smith’s Portuguese Irregular Verbs and At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances. Hecht’s theater career in New York includes many Broadway and television credits. He has won nine AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narrations.