Estructurada como un gran reportaje, la genialidad de la obra de Reed radica en el método de montaje documental que emplea, que le permite vincular sus vivencias como testigo directo de la revolución (su presencia en asambleas, en grandes concentraciones, en debates fundamentales; en la mesa de diferentes grupos sociales, en puestos militares, en posadas, en los cruces de caminos) con la frenética marcha general del proceso revolucionario, a

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Ten Days That Shook the World is an undisputed classic of political reportage. A stunning first-hand account overflowing with urgency and immediacy, Reed's masterpiece lives and breathes the streets, meeting halls, posters and pamphlets of the revolution he witnessed. Like no other work, it places the reader shoulder to shoulder with the people's militias, factory committees, propagandists and crowds which thronged St Petersburg's squares to protest,...

In 1913, at the height of the Mexican Revolution, magazine correspondent John Reed headed South to cover the story of the year. His travels with a group of rebels that included the legendary Pancho Villa earned him everlasting fame as a reporter and left behind a series of unmatched portraits of a people, a place and a time.