Stalin remains one of the creators of our world – like Hitler, the personification of evil. Yet Stalin hid his past and remains mysterious. This enthralling biography that reads like a thriller finally unveils the secret but extraordinary journey of the Georgian cobbler’s son who became the Red Tsar. What forms such a merciless psychopath and consummate politician? Was he illegitimate? Did he owe everything to his mother – was she whore or saint? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin’s chief gangster? Was he to blame for his wife’s premature death? If he really missed the 1917 Revolution, how did he emerge so powerful? Born in poverty, exceptional in his studies, this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet, trained as a priest, but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary. The secret world of Joseph Conrad-style terrorism was Stalin’s natural habitat, where he charmed his future courtiers, made the enemies he later liquidated, and abandoned his many mistresses and children. Montefiore shows how the murderous paranoia and gangsterism of the criminal underworld, combined with pitiless ideology, taught Stalin how to triumph in the Kremlin.

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PartNumber	1687816	Author	Simon Sebag Montefiore
Brand	imusti	Manufacturer	Phoenix
NumberOfItems	1	Item Weight	0.86 Pounds
ItemDimensions	5.24 x 1.30 x 7.72Inches	ReleaseDate	2008-05-01T00:00:01Z
binding	Paperback	Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Historical Biographies » Historical European Biographies
Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Leaders & Notable People Biographies » Military Leader Biographies	Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Leaders & Notable People Biographies » Political Leader Biographies
Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Leaders & Notable People Biographies » Presidents & Heads of State Biographies	Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Memoirs
Amazon Category	Books » History » Russian History	ISBN	0753823799
ISBN	9780753823798	ISBN	1407221450
EAN	9781407221458	EAN	9780753823798
EAN	8601300460567

Weight	0.86 lbs

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