Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
This revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power--from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Based on ten years of research, Young Stalin--companion to the prizewinning Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar--is a brilliant prehistory of the USR, a chronicle of the Revolution, and an intimate biography. Montefiore tells the story of a charismatic, darkly turbulent boy born into poverty, scarred by his upbringing but possessed of unusual talents. Admired as a romantic poet and trained as a priest, he found his true mission as a murderous revolutionary. Here is the dramatic story of his friendships and hatreds, his many love affairs, his complicated relationship with the Tsarist secret police, and how he became the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image. Described by The New York Times as a meticulously researched, autoritative biography, Young Stalin is essential reading for anyone interested in Russian history.Winner of the Costa Book Award for Biography
A Christian Science Monitor and Seattle Times Best Book of the Year
Simon Sebag Montefiore was born in 1965 and studied history at Cambridge University's Gonville & Caius College. The Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper, and Marsh Biography Awards were all shortlisted for Catherine the Great & Potemkin. The British Book Awards awarded Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar the Historical Book of the Year Prize. Young Stalin received the Costa Biography Award in the United Kingdom, the LA Times Book Prize in Biography in the United States, the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique in France, and the Kreisky Prize for Political Writing in Austria. He resides in London with his wife, novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400096138 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400096138 |
| Title | Young Stalin |
| Author | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 528 |
| Prizes | Winner of L.A. Times book Prize (Biography) 2007 |
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