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Donald Sassoon was born in Cairo in 1946. He taught comparative European history at Queen Mary University of London for many years. His books include Morbid Symptoms, The Anxious Triumph, The Culture of the Europeans, One Hundred Years of Socialism and Mona Lisa, all widely translated. He lives in London.
A big book on a big idea. Sassoon is able to work on a grand scale, and he's not afraid to take big swings with his analysis. He also has an excellent eye for sparkling anecdotes and character sketches * Lit Hub Most Anticipated Books of 2025 * The most important book written about revolutions in years. Laconic but richly detailed -- Colin Crouch, author of <i>Post-Democracy</i> This is thrilling history. Sassoon examines some of the most important revolutions of the modern era and argues for their importance in understanding the shaping of our own times -- Rana Mitter, author of <i>China’s Good War</i> A historian's cannonball. Sassoon has always been a superbly internationalist scholar. Revolutions takes him beyond Europe to fascinating accounts of 1770s America and twentieth-century China. Sassoon's conclusion: problems build up and then, ""at an unforeseeable moment, fate strikes"". And up go the barricades -- Neal Ascherson, author of <i>The Death of the Fronsac</i> Acerbic, informative, opinionated, deeply researched, and surprisingly fun -- Varad Mehta * Washington Examiner * The leading chronicler of the history of socialism ... exhibit[s] impressive range and subtlety. * Literary Review *
