← Mark AldanovThe Thinkerby Mark AldanovRussian historical novel exploring intellectual idealism in the face of 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 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→