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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101101974303
ISBN-139781101974308
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038743580
Product Key Features
Book TitleLenin : the Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Terrorism, Revolutionary, Political, Historical
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorVictor Sebestyen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-008076
SynopsisVictor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, Lenin was radicalized after the execution of his brother in 1887. Sebestyen traces the story from Lenin's early years to his long exile in Europe and return to Petrograd in 1917 to lead the first Communist revolution in history. Uniquely, Sebestyen has discovered that throughout Lenin's life his closest relationships were with his mother, his sisters, his wife, and his mistress. The long-suppressed story told here of the love triangle that Lenin had with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his beautiful, married mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a more complicated character than that of the coldly one-dimensional leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. With Lenin's personal papers and those of other leading political figures now available, Sebestyen gives is new details that bring to life the dramatic and gripping story of how Lenin seized power in a coup and ran his revolutionary state. The product of a violent, tyrannical, and corrupt Russia, he chillingly authorized the deaths of thousands of people and created a system based on the idea that political terror against opponents was justified for a greater ideal. An old comrade what had once admired him said that Lenin "desired the good . . . but created evil." This included his invention of Stalin, who would take Lenin's system of the gulag and the secret police to horrifying new heights. In Lenin, Victor Sebestyen has written a brilliant portrait of this dictator as a complex and ruthless figure, and he also brings to light important new revelations about the Russian Revolution, a pivotal point in modern history. (With 16 pages of black-and-white photographs)
LC Classification NumberDK254.L4S34 2017
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- 24. Sep. 2019
I highly recommend this book.
This book is very well written and inspired me to watch a few youtube videos on Leon Trotsky just to give me a little more background into Lenin's relationship with him as well. I highly recommend this book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Mai. 2020
Lenin
Have only flipped through the book. Read bits and pieces, though, and believe it will be an informative book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
