<p>Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (1869-1947) was Lieutenant General of the Russian army when the revolution broke out in 1917 and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement afterward. According to its introduction <em>From Double Eagle to Red Flag</em> was born of the debris of Imperial Russia conceived in the shadow of Leo Tolstoy's historical narrative by a Russian General with exceptional opportunities. This monumental novel has a naked a terrible fascination.</p>