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Young Stalin

Authors: Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sebag Montefiore
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

2 reviews
Sales Rank: 343173

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.9

ISBN: 1400044650
Dewey Decimal Number: 947.0842092
EAN: 9781400044658
ASIN: 1400044650

Publication Date: October 16, 2007
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

How could this man have become the hard hearted monster of the Soviet Republic? May 14, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

A topic I would never have thought could be so very interesting. The early years of the black hearted Red Tsar and what made him become so dogmatic and ultimately wicked. A fascinating blockbuster of a story, with qualities that keep you reading to the end. Interspersed with photographs and even poems by 'Soso' the 'romantic'.

Joseph did not have much going for him in his early life with an alcoholic, shoe maker father and headstrong and angry mother and I admired his thirst for knowledge and ambition in his youth, always trying to gain an education where so little was available. He ruthlessly strived to achieve his aim to become the leader of the USSR and in my opinion regardless of his charming manner, good looks and high intelligence he seems to have had the symptoms a psychopath. His ability to encourage sympathy from people for himself at any opportunity and his cause whilst hiding a completely hard heart is evidence of that.

A great book for anyone interested in the former USSR and understanding the present situation and the Russian people.

5 out of 5 stars

Best biography for years May 7, 2008
11 out of 13 found this review helpful

Having just finished Tim Jeal's excellent biography of Stanley I stated that that was the best biography I had read for years. I immediately started on this one and three days later am pleased to announce that THIS is the best biography I have read for years. I could resort to cliches (OK I will resort to cliches)this is a virtually unputdownable, page turner. A boys own adventure - well perhaps a bit brutal to be boys own, but in all seriousness, if someone came to a publisher with this as a work of fiction they'd be laughed out of court at the sheer improbability of it. But having said that, the rip-snorting action packed nature of this work allows the prose to flow in a fictional "style" as it were, making this a slightly better "read" than the same author's "The court of the Red Tsar" about Stalin's years in power

I'm not going to repeat a lot of facts and snippets from the book that have become apparent since the opening of the Russian archives, all I'm going to do is urge you to read this book. You will definitely not regret it.