Towards the end of the Khrushchev era, a major Soviet initiative was launched to rekindle enthusiasm for the revolution, giving rise to over 150 biographies and historical novels, authored by prominent dissidents, leading historians, and popular historical novelists. What new meanings did revolution take on as it was reimagined by these writers? Revolution Rekindled will complicate the picture of post-Stalinist publishing and intellectual life even for those who have studied the period closely. Jones's nuanced discussions of editorial and writerly motivations, and of responses to the series by critics and readers, present a fascinating portrait of the era.