Anna Reid

Author of Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944

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About the Author

Anna Reid was the Kiev correspondent for the Economist and the Daily Telegraph from 1993-95 and has since covered the country for Newsweek and the Spectator. She is the author of The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia and Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44, which has been show more translated into ten languages and was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize. Reid lives in London. show less

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Works by Anna Reid

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Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 (2011) 439 copies, 10 reviews

Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine (1997) 380 copies, 10 reviews

The Shaman's Coat : A Native History of Siberia (2002) 204 copies, 4 reviews

A nasty little war : the West's fight to reverse the Russian revolution (2023) 61 copies

From Expert Student to Novice Professional (Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education) (2011) 5 copies

Taming Terrorism: It's Been Done Before — Editor — 3 copies

The Siege of Leningrad 1 copy

Pogranicze. Podróż przez historię Ukrainy (2023) 1 copy

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Avenging Angels: Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps (2017) — Foreword, some editions — 31 copies, 4 reviews

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Birthdate: 1965
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Education: Oxford University (law)
London University’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies (MA) (Russian History)
Occupations: journalist
historian
Organizations: The Economist
Daily Telegraph
Policy Exchange

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Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44 by Anna Reid

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DemFen | 9 other reviews | Oct 31, 2024 |

Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944 by Anna Reid

My first attempt at reading history after almost 5 years. But this book was worth it. It describes one of the worst atrocities done by humans with fine detail and heart crushing realism. It follows both the War and Soviet Union but mostly focuses on the common Leningraders that were stuck in the middle of most brutal war world has experienced.

Only thing it lacks, according to me, was more details about the actual act of seige happening. But it covers it by sheer realism it offers to the reader.

A must-read.… (more)

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ekanshb | 9 other reviews | May 19, 2024 |

The Shaman's Coat: A Native History of Siberia by Anna Reid

Very interesting!

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Den85 | 3 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine by Anna Reid

About time I learned some of this stuff. Not nearly as straight forward as I always assumed. The poop will always rise to the top in politics unless there are very strong controls in place to prevent that. Sad they’re so mired in that stuff in the Ukraine today.

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BBrookes | 9 other reviews | Nov 27, 2023 |

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