Russian revolution of 1991: a novel, the

The Russian Revolution of 1991: a novel, combines fact and fiction in a thriller format to tell the story of the revolution that occurred that August. The scenes with Yeltsin, Gorbachev, KGB Chairman Kryuchkov and Defense Minister Yazov are based on research. The Black Sea scenes are based on an incident in the Black Sea on Saturday, February 13, 1988. The novel revels the reason for the putsch and why it failed. Maureen Barron edited this manuscript. She was Ken Follett's editor for the Eye of the Needle, The Keys to Rebecca, Triple, The Man from St. Petersburg, and The Pillars of the Earth.