Young Stalin /
Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-
Young Stalin / by Simon Sebag Montefiore. - London : Phoenix, 2008. - xxxviii, 442 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-416) and index.
'Young Stalin' is an adventure story about an exceptional, turbulent young man, born in exoticism, raised in the church, fancying himself a poet, then embracing revolutionary idealism and thereby finding his romantic Messianic mission in life.
Costa Biography Award 2007
9780753823798 (pbk.) : £9.99
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Childhood and youth.
Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.
Biography.
HISTORY
Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917.
DK268.S8
947.0842092
Young Stalin / by Simon Sebag Montefiore. - London : Phoenix, 2008. - xxxviii, 442 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-416) and index.
'Young Stalin' is an adventure story about an exceptional, turbulent young man, born in exoticism, raised in the church, fancying himself a poet, then embracing revolutionary idealism and thereby finding his romantic Messianic mission in life.
Costa Biography Award 2007
9780753823798 (pbk.) : £9.99
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 --Childhood and youth.
Heads of state--Soviet Union--Biography.
Biography.
HISTORY
Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917.
DK268.S8
947.0842092