Mark Aldanov
Russian emigre author and historian whose thoughtful historical novels about the French Revolution and its aftermath were widely read in the interwar period. The Thinker tetralogy is his most ambitious work.
Works
- The ThinkerRussian historical novel exploring intellectual idealism in the face of revolution
- The Ninth ThermidorHistorical novel set during the French Revolution's Thermidorian Reaction
- The Devil's Bridge
- A Night at the Airport
- Before the DelugeHistorical novel about Russia on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution