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Young stalin book by sebag montefiore, simon sebag montefiore. Oct 16, 2007 young stalin tells the story of an exceptional, charismatic, darkly turbulent young man born into obscurity, fancying himself a poet and a priest, and finally embracing revolutionary idealism as his messianic mission in life. Young stalin reveals not only stalin s life prior to the revolution but the milieu of georgia where he and so many in the soviet leadership originated. Written with extraordinary narrative verve, this magnificent feat of scholarly research has. Young stalin by simon sebag montefiore librarything. Young stalin won more about simon sebag montefiore.
Simon sebag montefiore is the author of the global bestsellers the romanovs and jerusalem the biography, stalin the court of the red tsar and young stalin and the novels sashenka and one night in winter and red sky at noon his books are published in 48 languages and are worldwide bestsellers he has won prizes in both non fiction and fiction he read history at gonville and caius college. In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research, brilliant synthesis and narrative elan, simon sebag montefiore chronicles the life and lives of stalin s court from the time of his acclamation as leader in 1929, five years after lenins death, until his own death in 1953 at the age of 73. Young stalin by sebag montefiore, simon, 1965publication date. The court of the red tsar is a 2003 history book by simon sebag montefiore. Oct 16, 2007 for decades historians accepted the portrait of stalin painted by his rivals. Oct 19, 2007 in young stalin, simon sebag montefiore s meticulously researched, authoritative biography of stalin s early years, the blur comes into sharp focus. With the wisdom of hindsight, it might have been preferable for the two volumes to have appeared the other way round, but readers are unlikely to be disappointed. New biography of a dictator and stephen kotkins stalin. A spellbinding new biography of stalin in his formative years. Simon sebag montefiore audio books, best sellers, author. Should the life of a blackhearted ogre, a mass murderer. Equally compelling is the depiction of stalin as soviet leader. Based on ten years astonishing new research, here is the thrilling s.
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