Orlando Figes

Orlando Figes, born 1957 in London, son of the Feminist writer Eva Figes. He studied history at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a double-starred First in 1982.

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Feminist - Eva Figes - University of Cambridge - Double-starred First

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Figes is one of Britain's leading historians of modern Russian history. Although he has published an extensive range of academic work, he is most famous for his popular works on the subject, most notably A People's Tragedy and Natasha's Dance.

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Britain's - Russian history - A People's Tragedy - Natasha's Dance

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Figes borrows from a broad range of historiographical styles, most notably modern cultural history. This approach has given his writing an anecdotal style - a technique, critics argue, designed to increase sales rather than accurately reassess the past.

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Historiographical - Cultural history

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He frequently reviews books for The Guardian and The London Review of Books. Orlando Figes is currently professor of History at Birkbeck College in London.

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The Guardian - London Review of Books - Birkbeck College

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