{"product_id":"stalin-the-court-of-the-red-tsar-9781400076789","title":"Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - This widely acclaimed biography of a Soviet dictator and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of the Marxist leader and Russian tsar. \u003cb\u003e- F\u003cb\u003erom the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The first intimate portrait of a man who had more lives on his conscience than Hitler.... Disturbing and perplexing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals the fear and betrayal, privilege and debauchery, family life and murderous cruelty of this secret world. Written with bracing narrative verve, this feat of scholarly research has become a classic of modern history writing. Showing how Stalin's triumphs and crimes were the product of his fanatical Marxism and his gifted but flawed character, this is an intimate portrait of a man as complicated and human as he was brutal and chilling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. \u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great and Potemkin\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. \u003ci\u003eStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar \u003c\/i\u003ewon the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. \u003ci\u003eYoung Stalin \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, the Costa Biography Award, and le Grande Prix de la biographie politique. \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: The Biography \u003c\/i\u003ewas a worldwide best seller. Montefiore's books are published in more than forty languages. He is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSashenka \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOne Night in Winter, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Paddy Power Political Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2014. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Montefiore graduated from Cambridge University, where he received his PhD. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707532480786,"sku":"9781400076789","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fffd1193-fd2f-4b4d-ad0b-64b523ef31ae.jpg?v=1734497555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stalin-the-court-of-the-red-tsar-9781400076789","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}