In Russian and French Prisons
1988
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Nearly a century has passed since Kropotkin wrote this book yet his criticisms of the penal system are still relevant. It is his own experience in prison, both in France and in Russia, that gives this book its power.
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Author
Pyotr Kropotkin
Author · 31 books
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Пётр Алексеевич Кропоткин, other spelling: Peter Kropotkin, Pëtr Alekseevič Kropotkin, Pëtr Kropotkin), who described him as "a man with a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia." He wrote many books, pamphlets and articles, the most prominent being The Conquest of Bread and Fields, Factories and Workshops, and his principal scientific offering, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. He was also a contributor to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.
