Simon Sebag Montefiore - Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

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Including pictures.

Who was the boy from Georgia who rose to rule the Empire of the Tsars? Who were his Himmler, Göring, Goebbels? How did the ‘top ten’ families live? In this history of Stalin’s imperial court, the fear and betrayal, privilege and debauchery, family life and murderous brutality are brought blazingly to life.

A comprehensive biography of the Soviet tyrant and the men and women who surrounded him focuses on the foundation of human, psychological, and physical supports that encouraged the dictator through the early days of Communism, World War II, and the Great Terror, in a complex portrait of Stalin's inner and outer life.