This is one of the few recent books on Stalinism that will be read in years to come.” - The Guardian (London) Montefiore has illuminated wider aspects of the history of the USSR.
A superb piece of research and frighteningly lucid.” - The Washington Times Montefiore’s biography is far different from anything in this genre. “Ultra reader-friendly, lively, gossipy and packaged with revelations about the intimacies and intrigues of Stalin the man and his courtiers.
This is sure to be one of the outstanding books of the year.” - St. Montefiore has written a supremely important book about Joseph Stalin, a biography that other scholars will find hard to equal. but also because they emerge in these pages as surprisingly normal.” - The Washington Post Book World “Unprecedented in its intimacy and horrifying in its implications, not merely because it shows that the engineers of one of history’s greatest holocausts were depraved. A deeply researched and wonderfully readable accomplishment-scholarship as a kind of savage gossip.” - Time A dark and excellent book.” - The New York Review of Books Disturbing and perplexing.” - The New York Times Book Review “The first intimate portrait of a man who had more lives on his conscience than Hitler.
For anyone fascinated by the nature of evil-and by the effects of absolute power on human relationships-this book will provide new insights on every page.” -Anne Applebaum, Evening Standard (London) Described by The New York Times as "a meticulously researched, autoritative biography," Young Stalin is essential reading for anyone interested in Russian history.“An extraordinary book. 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. This revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power-from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.īased on ten years of research, Young Stalin-companion to the prizewinning Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar-is a brilliant prehistory of the USSR, a chronicle of the Revolution, and an intimate biography.
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