"[A] meticulously researched, authoritative biography of Stalin's
early years . . . Montefiore offers a detailed picture of Stalin's
childhood and youth, his shadowy career as a revolutionary in
Georgia and his critical role during the October Revolution. No
one, henceforth, need ever wonder how it was that Stalin found his
way into Lenin's inner circle, or took his place in the ruling
troika that assumed power after the storming of the Winter
Palace"." . . Montefiore has worked his way with a fine-toothed
comb through previously unread archival material in Russia and in
Georgia . . . He successfully captures 'the sheer weird singularity
of the man' and the lethal instincts that propelled him to the
summit of power."
-William Grimes, "The New York Times
""The portrait of Stalin that emerges from these pages is more
complete, more colorful, more chilling, and far more convincing
than any we have had before . . . Montefiore is in a class of his
own. As he did for "Stalin: The C
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