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Young Stalin

Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore


Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9613-8 (1-4000-9613-8)

Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.

“Brilliantly researched. . ... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.

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Young Stalin

Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore


Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-4465-8 (1-4000-4465-0)

A revelatory account that finally unveils the shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the Georgian cobbler’s son who became the Red Tsar—the man who, along with Hitler, remains the modern personification of evil.

What makes a Stalin? What formed this merciless psychopath who was, as well, a consummate politician, the dynamic... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Stalin
The Court of the Red Tsar
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore


Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7678-9 (1-4000-7678-1)

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 élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives us the everyday details of a monstrous life.

We see Stalin playing... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Potemkin
Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore


Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7717-5 (1-4000-7717-6)

Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was so tumultuous, they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while they were free to take other lovers. But they never stopped loving each other, and their enduring relationship... Read more >
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