Young Stalin
by Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-
Published by : Weidenfeld and Nicolson (London) Physical details: xxviii,397 Pages 24x16 cm | HB ISBN:9780297850687.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | Non-fiction | 947.0842092 S443Y 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 16760 |
Include Epilogue, Note, bibliography and Index
Stalin, like Hitler, remains the very personification of evil but also one of the creators of today's world. Simon Sebag Montefiore unveils the shadowy, adventurous journey of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar." "Born in poverty, scarred by his upbringing, exceptional in his studies, this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary. He became the mastermind of bank-robberies, protection-rackets, arson, piracy and murder yet he was, uniquely, part-intellectual, part-brigand. Surprisingly, he is also revealed as a scandalously prolific lover, leaving a trail of mistresses (varying from schoolgirls to noblewomen) and illegitimate children
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