Opis: Young Stalin - Montefiore Simon

Russian historian and author Montefiore presents an exciting, exemplary biography of the nondescript peasant boy who would become the most ruthless leader in Soviet history, a prequel of sorts to his Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. Born in 1878 in the Caucasus of Georgia to an overprotective mother (who had already lost two sons) and a father opposed to education ("I'm a shoemaker and my son will be one too") Stalin possessed a talent for poetry and mischief. Amidst his mom's trysts (with men she hoped would further Stalin's education) his father's alcohol-fueled violence and the powder-keg environment of the Caucasus, Stalin turned from priesthood training to gang life and petty crime. As he grew, so did his hatred of Tsarist Russia, leading him to meet the initial Bolsheviks, and to more spectacular and violent capers. From the start, Stalin proved a remarkable talent for meticulous planning, a skill that would become vital to the revolutionaries and, later, to his iron-fisted reign. Using recently opened records, Montefiore turns up intriguing new information (like the "Fagin-like" role he played among "a prepubescent revolutionary street intelligence" network) Montefiore captures in an absorbing narrative both Stalin's conflicted character-marked by powerful charisma and deep paranoia-and the revolution's early years with stunning clarity.

Szczegóły: Young Stalin - Montefiore Simon

Tytuł: Young Stalin
Autor: Montefiore Simon
Wydawnictwo: Phoenix
Kod paskowy: 9780753823798
ISBN: 978-07-538-2379-8
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2008
Ilość stron: 442
Format: 14.0x20.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.43 kg

Recenzje: Young Stalin - Montefiore Simon