Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag Montefiore

This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers—killers, fanatics, women, and children—during the terrifying decades of his supreme power. In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research and narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives us the everyday details of a monstrous life. We see Stalin playing his deadly game of power and paranoia at debauched dinners at Black Sea villas and in the apartments of the Kremlin. We witness first-hand how the dictator and his magnates carried out the Great Terror and the war against the Nazis, and how their families lived in this secret world of fear, betrayal, murder, and sexual degeneracy. Montefiore gives an unprecedented understanding of Stalin’s dictatorship, and a Stalin as human and complicated as he is brutal. Format. Paperback Published. September 13, 2005 by Vintage Language. English Size. 848 pages First published July 10, 2003 A New York Times notable book. National bestseller. Nonfiction. Pictures. Maps Used. Good condition. Some pages on the top are distorted (Please see last picture) Tag: history biography former USSR Russian history European history nonfiction political war 06.07