Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. The Seattle Times About the Author SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. The New York Times The most complete, accurate account of the tyrants early years-a fascinating tale of life in the revolutionary underground, drenched in violence, fear and deceit, filled with a rogues gallery of bandits, double-agents and terrorists. Montefiore has found the devil in the details, working his way with a fine-tooth comb through previously unread archival material. Mens Vogue A meticulously researched, authoritative biography. The New York Review of Books Young Stalin is brilliantly readable, as intricately plotted and full of detail as a good novel, scrupulously researched, and full of hitherto unknown (or unreported) facts about Stalins life. The portrait of Stalin that emerges from these pages is more complete, more colorful, more chilling, and far more convincing than any we have had before. Review Quotes Winner of the Los Angeles Book Prize for Biography Winner of the Costa Book Award for Biography A Christian Science Monitor and Seattle Times Best Book of the Year Brilliantly researched. 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. Admired as a romantic poet and trained as a priest, he found his true mission as a murderous revolutionary. Montefiore tells the story of a charismatic, darkly turbulent boy born into poverty, scarred by his upbringing but possessed of unusual talents. Based on ten years of research, Young Stalin is a brilliant prehistory of the USSR, a chronicle of the Revolution, and an intimate biography.
This revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power-from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Book Synopsis From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanovs -and one of our pre-eminent historians-comes a meticulously researched, authoritative biography ( The New York Times ), the companion volume to the prize-winning Stalin, and essential reading for anyone interested in Russian history. About the Book From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, comes the most complete and accurate biography of Stalins early years.
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