Best know for Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad set his spy thriller Under Western Eyes in Geneva, not only because it was a city in which he had lived, but because at that time, in the early 20th century, it was a hotbed of revolutionary Russian emigrés plotting the downfall of the monarchy and the imposition of communism. <br /><br />This episode takes you to the Geneva library where Vladimir Lenin studied and wrote, leaving his own annotations in books - including a biography of Jesus, a historical figure that the father of the Russian revolution saw as a social radical.<br /><br />For all books and places mentioned in the podcast, visit <a href="https://robinpomeroy.wordpress.com/episode-4-under-western-eyes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">abookaplace.com</a><br /><br />Part book club, part travel guide, part history podcast, A Book - A Place: Geneva takes you to the places behind the stories that made the city.
