Young Stalin
Author(s): Simon Sebag Montefiore
Winner of the Costa Biography Award What makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic cobbler's son became a student priest, romantic poet, prolific lover, gangster mastermind and murderous revolutionary. Culminating in the 1917 revolution, Simon Sebag Montefiore's bestselling biography radically alters our understanding of the gifted politician and fanatical Marxist who shaped the Soviet empire in his own brutal image. This is the story of how Stalin became Stalin.
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Winner of Costa Biography Award 2007. Shortlisted for James Tait Black Memorial Book Prizes: Biography 2008.
'this terrific and terrifying biography of the years to 1917.' THE INDEPENDENT 'It shares with its predecessor (STALIN THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR) the virtues of fine prose, empathy with a rich range of characters and narrative of great ability.' Ross Leckie, THE TIMES 'brilliantly readable history of Stalin...Sebag Montefiore's re-creation of the world in which his subject's picaresque career unfolded is wonderfully detailed and convincing, and the portrait he paints of an egotistical monster in the making is unforgettable.' Pick of the Week in THE SUNDAY TIMES 'this lively and accomplished account of Stalin's "gangsterish", pre-revolutionary youth, which draws on material from newly opened archives.' THE GUARDIAN 'bring[ing] to life the unnerving 'young man with the burning eyes" THE OBSERVER 'This colourful account...is a gripping read as well as faultlessly scholarly' THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'this zippy prequel' EVENING STANDARD 'gripping account... An excellent companion to Montefiore's previous bestseller' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'a thrilling portrait of Lenin's chief gangster and successor.' DAILY EXPRESS
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- : 31 October 2007
- : 01 November 2011
- : books
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- : Simon Sebag Montefiore
- : 512