Young Stalin

作者 Simon Sebag Montefiore著
出版社 Little Brown UK via LBS
出版时间 2008年5月
ISBN 9780753823798
定价 118.50

内容简介

Stalinremainsoneofthecreatorsofourworld-likeHitler,thepersonificationofevil.YetStalinhidhispastandremainsmysterious.ThisenthrallingbiographythatreadslikeathrillerfinallyunveilsthesecretbutextraordinaryjourneyoftheGeorgiancobbler'ssonwhobecametheRedTsar.Whatformssuchamercilesspsychopathandconsummatepolitician?Washeillegitimate?Didheoweeverythingtohismother-wasshewhoreorsaint?WasheaTsaristagentorLenin'schiefgangster?Washetoblameforhiswife'sprematuredeath?Ifhereallymissedthe1917Revolution,howdidheemergesopowerful?Borninpoverty,exceptionalinhisstudies,thischarismaticbutdangerousboywashailedasaromanticpoet,trainedasapriest,butfoundhismissionasfanaticalrevolutionary.ThesecretworldofJosephConrad-styleterrorismwasStalin'snaturalhabitat,wherehecharmedhisfuturecourtiers,madetheenemieshelaterliquidated,andabandonedhismanymistressesandchildren.Montefioreshowshowthemurderousparanoiaandgangsterismofthecriminalunderworld,combinedwithpitilessideology,taughtStalinhowtotriumphintheKremlin.

作者简介

SimonSebagMontefiore'sbooksareinternationalbestsellersin27languages.CATHERINETHEGREATANDPOTEMKINwasshortlistedfortheSamuelJohnson,DuffCooper,andMarshBiographyPrizes.STALINwontheHistoryBookoftheYearPrizeatthe2004BritishBookAwards.MontefioreisaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiterature,novelist,andTVpresenter,helivesinLondonwithhiswife,thenovelistSantaMontefiore,andtheirtwochildren.HeisnowwritingJERUSALEM:THEBIOGRAPHY.

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