"Ten Days That Shook the World" is John Reed's account of the Russian Revolution. As a contemporary journalist writing in the first phase of revolutionary enthusiasm, he provides an unforgettable record of events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. Including authentic reports from both leaders' speeches and random comments from passers-by, Reed's work is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic reference work.