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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400044650
ISBN-139781400044658
eBay Product ID (ePID)59047521
Product Key Features
Book TitleYoung Stalin
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Presidents & Heads of State, Political
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorSimon Sebag Montefiore
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight30.9 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-029220
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"[A] meticulously researched, authoritative biography of Stalin's early years . . . Montefiore offers a detailed picture of Stalin's childhood and youth, his shadowy career as a revolutionary in Georgia and his critical role during the October Revolution. No one, henceforth, need ever wonder how it was that Stalin found his way into Lenin's inner circle, or took his place in the ruling troika that assumed power after the storming of the Winter Palace. . . Montefiore has worked his way with a fine-toothed comb through previously unread archival material in Russia and in Georgia . . . He successfully captures 'the sheer weird singularity of the man' and the lethal instincts that propelled him to the summit of power." William Grimes,The New York Times "The portrait of Stalin that emerges from these pages is more complete, more colorful, more chilling, and far more convincing than any we have had before . . . Montefiore is in a class of his own. As he did forStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, he has unearthed an unprecedented range of evidence [and] tracked down an astonishing range of witnesses . . . A brilliantly researched book, which finally dispels the myth of the 'grey blur.'" Orlando Figes,New York Review of Books "Once again tapping into a rich vein of material from previously closed archives in Russia and Georgia, Montefiore has produced a portrait of the young Stalin that is as complex and morbidly fascinating as his previous work. In this age of terror, it's also a timely reminder of the terrorist origins of the Bolshevik revolutionaries who would soon unleash mass murder on a previously unimaginable scale." Andrew Nagorski,Newsweek(international edition) "Young Stalinis brilliantly readable, as intricately plotted and full of detail as a good novel, scrupulously researched, and full of hitherto unknown (or unreported) facts about Stalin's life." Michael Korda,Men's Vogue From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Decimal947.084/2092 B
SynopsisThe companion to the acclaimed Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar delivers the revelatory account that finally unveils the shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the man who, along with Hitler, personifies evil. 32 pages of photographs.
LC Classification NumberDK268
