About the Book: In Three Revolutions: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys That Changed the World (by Simon Hall), six extraordinary journeys converge to reshape the twentieth century. From Vladimir Lenin’s return to Russia, to Mao Zedong’s Long March across China, and Fidel Castro’s daring landing in Cuba, Hall pairs these with the corresponding odysseys of three American journalists whose eyewitness accounts helped define global perceptions of the revolutions. The narrative probes the nature of power, idealism and the role of journalism in epoch-making change