← Mark AldanovBefore the Delugeby Mark AldanovHistorical novel about Russia on the eve of the Bolshevik RevolutionFind on Amazon↗About the authorMark AldanovRussian 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.More by Mark AldanovThe 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→