Josh Ireland
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Podcast Appearances
He's suddenly there on a stage, just talking.
And he's a really striking figure.
People sort of always remarked on his dandiness, dandyishness.
You know, he would wear beautiful white linen suits.
He had this sort of sweep of hair, black hair that sort of swept back from his head.
These tiny little pounds and airs.
And then these glittering eyes that were sort of hypnotic, apparently.
And I think this is the root of his power.
But later, I think his understanding of how you build power and hold on to power is formed in this time.
But it will also later prove to be quite an outmoded way of seizing and holding on to power.
So he's in Siberia.
And then he decides, along with his wife, that he should escape Siberia.
So he puts on a disguise.
and then hops onto a carriage and then finds his way out of Siberia.
Incredibly good.
Sort of bad for the wife and two children he leaves behind.
Oh, that she's not coming with him?
They don't come with him.
For the revolution, darling.