Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The prequel to the internationally best-selling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED TSAR. Abridged edition.

There is a peculiarly chilling quality to Simon Sebag Montefiore's Young StalinThe book is a fascinating prequel to his previous volume, Stalin: Court of the Red Czar.¿Montefiore describes Stalin's role in the Russian Revolution with a vivid sense of scene that is transformed into aural theatre by Sean Barratt's sensitively varied delivery. -- Christina Hardyment * THE TIMES *
Montefiore brings Stalin to life -- Vince Cable * DAILY EXPRESS *
Read in the assured, rich tones of the stalwart British voice actor Sean Barrett, this acocunt of Stalin's early years is a gripping but dark Boys' Own adventure, packed with bombs, violence and treachery. -- Melissa McClements * FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE *
Even without the rave reviews of this brilliant if chilling portrait ofthe Soviet dictator, I'd have bought it simply because Sean Barrett is reading it. No one can touch him when it comes to psychopathic serial killers or history involving unpronounceable Russian names.... a dazzling performance. The book's pretty good too. -- Sue Arnold * THE GUARDIAN *
"A powerful piece of detailed and authenticated research, elegantly written, and read with a kind of steely melancholy by Sean Barret." -- Sue Gaisford * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a prizewinning historian whose bestselling books have been published in over forty-five languages. CATHERINE THE GREAT AND POTEMKIN was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards; YOUNG STALIN won the Costa Biography Award, LA Times Biography Prize and Le Grand Prix de Biographie; JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY was a number one bestseller and won the Jewish Book Council's Book of the Year prize; THE ROMANOVS: 1613-1918 was an international bestseller and won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize. Montefiore is also the author of the acclaimed novels SASHENKA, RED SKY AT NOON and ONE NIGHT IN WINTER, which won the Paddy Power Political Fiction Book of the Year Award. He read history at Cambridge University where he received his PhD, and now lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children. www.simonsebagmontefiore.com @simonmontefiore www.facebook.com/pages/Simon-Sebag-Montefiore Sean Barrett has narrated many television documentaries for the BBC and Discovery Channel, notably THE PEOPLE'S CENTURY, WALKING WITH BEASTS, and GREAT LIVES. As a member of the BBC Radio Rep, he has appeared in hundreds of radio plays, and played Father Gillespie in the BBC Worldservice / BBC7 serial WESTWAY throughout its eight year-run. As a film and television actor he has appeared in pieces as diverse as TWELFTH NIGHT and FATHER TED, and he is a doyen of audiobook reading, with acclaimed recordings of authors ranging from Chaucer to Beckett and in 2012 recorded Antony Beevor's THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

SKU	Unavailable
EAN	9780752888545
Title	Young Stalin
Release date	2007-05-03
Format	Abridged Audiobook CD Unabridged
Studio	Orion
Condition	Unavailable

By (author)	Simon Sebag Montefiore
Read by	Sean Barrett (Reader)