Montefiore, Sebag
Contents: Prologue: The holiday dinner: 8 November 1932. -- That wonderful time: Stalin and Nadya, 1878-1932. The Georgian and the schoolgirl ; The Kremlin family ; The charmer ; Famine and the country set ; Holidays and hell: the Politburo at the seaside ; Trains full of corpses ; Stalin the intellectual. -- The jolly fellows: Stalin and Kirov, 1932-1934. The funeral ; The omnipotent widower and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2004
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Summary: 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: a merciless psychopath who was, as well, a consummate politician, the dynamic world statesman who helped create and industrialize the USSR, outplayed Churchill and Roosevelt, and defeated Hitler? Historian Montefiore tells...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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Summary: Draws on new archival material to present an account of the extraordinary men and women who ruled Russia for three centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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Summary: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011
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Summary: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2012
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Summary: Full-color illustrated photographs describe the history, culture, and people of China.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2007
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Summary: The stunning new novel from the--Spanning ten epic days, between Benya's war on the grasslands of southern Russia and Stalin's intrigues in the Kremlin, between Benya's intense affair with an Italian nurse and a romance between Stalin's daughter and a war correspondent, this is a sweeping story of passion, bravery, and survival where betrayal is a constant companion, death just a heartbeat...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2018
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Summary: "From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs-a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerful dynasties In this sprawling and eye-opening book, best-selling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world's great dynasties across human history through engrossing tales of palace intrigue, glorious battle, and the real lives of people who held unfathomable power....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: A collection of illustrated stories, featuring diverse, inspiring and empowering characters, celebrating kindness, courage and the importance of being true to yourself. Forgotten Fairy Tales of Kindness and Courage breathes new life into a collection of once much-loved, now forgotten tales, beautifully retold by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. A disabled prince fights for his kingdom, and learns the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2021
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Summary: "From innocent orphan Oliver and the cheeky Artful Dodger, to creepy bride Miss Havisham and old miser Scrooge-Dicken's characters are famous throughout the world. These brilliant adaptations of all his novels, with illustrations introducing the characters, make the perfect introduction to Dickens." --Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2020
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Summary: "From Romeo and Juliet's star-crossed love, to the dark ambitions of Macbeth, the characters from Shakespeare's plays are famous throughout the world. This collection of stories from all the plays, with beautiful illustrations and quotations, is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm Entertainment Corp. 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2013
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