{"product_id":"young-stalin","title":"Young Stalin","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYoung Stalin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781400096138\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e528\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs\u003c\/i\u003e--and one of our pre-eminent historians--comes \"a meticulously researched, authoritative biography\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), the companion volume to the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eStalin\u003c\/i\u003e, and essential reading for anyone interested in Russian history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power--from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on ten years of research, \u003ci\u003eYoung Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Young Stalin | Simon Sebag Montefiore | Paperback | 9781400096138 | Used: Good | Back Stacks D 1783283","offer_id":50772626669826,"sku":"1783283","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71iRLD02B7L.jpg?v=1792131229","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/young-stalin","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}