The Non-Geometric Lenin

This book is a collection of eleven essays dealing with important but little-studied episodes in Lenin''s attempt to build a Bolshevik Party before 1914. It also deals with his defence of Roman Malinovsky, who turned out to be a police spy, and his romantic involvement with a fellow Bolshevik, Inessa Armand. The last three essays paint a picture of a ''non-geometric'' Lenin and his little-known interests in food, holidaying and sports.