Books by Derek Offord

This book provides a wide-ranging account of the social, political, cultural, and literary functions of the French language in Russia from c. 1700 to 1917.

This book studies the work of five Russian liberal thinkers who were active in the period 1840-60 against the general background of Russian history, literature and thought in that period. All five thinkers played an important part in the flowering of Russian letters in the 1840s, and were involved in the attempt of the intelligentsia.

Russia witnessed the flowering of a rich intellectual and cultural life in the 19th century, the origins of which lie in the intelligentsia's opposition to autocratic rule. This text provides a short introduction to 19th-century Russia, focusing on the rise of radicalism.

The book deals with the various revolutionary groups active in Russia in the 1880s. The early political activity and sympathies of Lenin are also discussed at some length. The conclusion assesses the significance of the organisations of the 1880s in the larger history of the Russian revolutionary movement.