I found A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes an excellent account of the times (NB obviously I am not a historian): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_T

I found A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes an excellent account of the times (NB obviously I am not a historian): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_Tragedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_Tragedy Surprisingly readable given its length.