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Young Stalin / Simon Sebag Montefiore.
This revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power—from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Based on ten years of research, Young Stalin is a brilliant prehistory of the USSR, a chronicle of the Revolution, and an intimate biography. Montefiore tells the story of a charismatic, darkly turbulent boy born into poverty, scarred by his upbringing but possessed of unusual talents. Admired as a romantic poet and trained as a priest, he found his true mission as a murderous revolutionary. 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400096138 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1400096138 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xxxii, 460 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Knopf : 2008.
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-438) and index. |
| Awards Note: | Winner of the Costa Book Award for Biography. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. Heads of state > Soviet Union > Biography. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fort St. John Public Library | 947.0842092 MON (Text) | BFSJ117607 | ADULT Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Hudson's Hope Public Library | ANF 947.084 SEB (Text) | BHH049762 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kaslo and District Public Library | B STA (Text) | 35134000343752 | Biography | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kitimat Public Library | 947.084 Sta (Text) | 32665001212341 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nakusp Public Library | 920 STA (Text) | 35160000560327 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
