![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Showing how Stalin's triumphs and crimes were the product of his fanatical Marxism and his gifted but flawed character, this is an intimate portrait of a man as complicated and human as he was brutal and chilling. Written with bracing narrative verve, this feat of scholarly research has become a classic of modern history writing. This widely acclaimed biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader, and Russian tsar.īased on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals the fear and betrayal, privilege and debauchery, family life and murderous cruelty of this secret world. The remarkable untold story of the Soviet tyrant and the men and women who sustained him in power in the Soviet Union for nearly 30 years. ![]()
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