Voices of history, Montefiore Simon Sebag

Автор: Sebag Montefiore
Название: The Romanovs
ISBN: 1474600875 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474600873
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia`s imperial dynasty

Автор: Kotkin, Stephen
Название: Stalin, Vol. II
ISBN: 0141027959 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141027951
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of our age ... The War and Peace of history: a book you fear you will never finish, but just cannot put down' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Well before 1929, Stalin had achieved dictatorial power over the Soviet empire, but now he decided that the largest peasant economy in the world would be transformed into socialist modernity, whatever it took. What it took, and what Stalin managed to force through, transformed the country and its ruler in profound and enduring ways.

Rather than a tale of a deformed or paranoid personality creating a political system, this is a story of a political system shaping a personality. Building and running a dictatorship, with power of life or death over hundreds of millions, in conditions of capitalist self-encirclement, made Stalin the person he became. Wholesale collectivization of agriculture, some 120 million peasants, necessitated levels of coercion that were extreme even for Russia, but Stalin did not flinch; the resulting mass starvation and death elicited criticism inside the party even from those Communists committed to the eradication of capitalism.

By 1934, when the situation had stabilized and socialism had been built in the countryside too, the internal praise came for his uncanny success in anticapitalist terms. But Stalin never forgot and never forgave, with bloody consequences as he strove to consolidate the state with a brand new elite. Stalin had revived a great power with a formidable industrialized military.

But the Soviet Union was effectively alone, with no allies and enemies perceived everywhere. The quest to find security would bring Soviet Communism into an improbable pact with Nazi Germany. But that bargain did not work out as envisioned.

The lives of Stalin and Hitler, and the fates of their respective countries, drew ever closer to collision. Stalin: Waiting for Hitler: 1929-1941 is, like its predecessor Stalin: Paradoxes of Power: 1878-1928, nothing less than a history of the world from Stalin's desk. It is also, like its predecessor, a landmark achievement in the annals of the biographer's art.

Kotkin's portrait captures the vast structures moving global events, and the intimate details of decision-making.

Автор: Sebag Montefiore, Simon
Название: Red Sky at Noon
ISBN: 178475269X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784752699
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Gripping storytelling allied with intimate, unsqueamish knowledge of Russian history - a special combination.` - AD Miller, author of Snowdrops`The gripping final instalment of the Moscow Trilogy tells of a man wrongly imprisoned in the Gulags and his fight for redemption.

Автор: Montefiore Santa
Название: Royal Rabbits of London: Escape From the Tower
ISBN: 1471157911 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781471157912
Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK
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Описание: The second in this exciting new series for younger readers from the international bestselling authors Santa and Sebag Montefiore, illustrated by sought-after illustrator Kate Hindley.

Автор: Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Название: Anne of Green Gables
ISBN: 1409550699 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409550693
Издательство: Usborne
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Описание: The Cuthberts of Green Gables asked for a boy from the orphanage to help them out around the farm, so they are rather surprised when a talkative, red-headed little girl steps off the train to meet them.

Автор: Montefiore Simon Sebag, Sebag Montefiore Simon
Название: Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair
ISBN: 0525431969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525431961
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 12870.00 T
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Описание: From the author of The Romanovs a vivid account of history's most successful political partnership--as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin--wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented--was the love of her life and her co-ruler.

Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these "twin souls" never stopped loving each other.

Drawing on the pair's intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore's widely acclaimed biography restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age.

Автор: Montefiore, Santa Montefiore, Simon Sebag
Название: Royal rabbits of london: the great diamond chase
ISBN: 1471171477 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781471171475
Издательство: Simon&Schuster UK
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Описание: The Royal Rabbits are hopping into action again in this NEW book in the bestselling series!

Автор: Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Название: David Copperfield
ISBN: 074608563X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780746085639
Издательство: Usborne
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Описание: The dramatic story of a young boy`s escape from an unhappy childhood into the adventures of an adult life, full of unforgettable characters from the cruel Mr Mudstone, the formidable Aunt Betsey and worm-like Uriah Heap. Specially rewritten as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, aimed at children growing in reading ability and confidence.

Автор: Montefiore Simon
Название: Speeches That Changed the World
ISBN: 1786481375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786481375
Издательство: Hodder
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Описание: Over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from throughout history.

Автор: Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Название: Les Miserables
ISBN: 1474938027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474938020
Издательство: Usborne
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Описание: A reformed convict, a policeman bent on revenge and a lonely orphan come together in Victor Hugo`s classic novel, vividly retold for newly independent readers by Mary Sebag-Montefiore. Lives change for the better - or for the worse - against the turmoil of revolutionary France. With internet links to find out more about life in France at the time.

Автор: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Название: Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
ISBN: 0753817667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780753817667
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: The remarkable untold story of the men and women who sustained Stalin in power in the Soviet Union for nearly 30 years - a Sunday Times bestseller

Автор: Mary Sebag-Montefiore
Название: Don Quixote
ISBN: 1409506746 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409506744
Издательство: Usborne
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Описание: The classic story of misadventure by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.