Books by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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review 1: I enjoyed this book it really does capture Russia before the revolution, it's corruption ,seediness and inequality just as the revolution gathers pace. It then moves on to capture the fear of life under Stalin especially if you were on anyway close to him. The main character in t...
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review 1: A very hard story, but even so I didn't want to put it down. I've read lots of books set during Stalinist Russia; this is the first which describes how children as well as adults were sent to Lubyanka prison, tortured and brain washed into informing on teachers, family members, ...
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review 1: You can see SSM put a lot of effort into making sure the reader was immersed in an accurate portrayal of the various time periods. However the concentration to detail is at the expense of the story with the result the characters come across as caricatures.For those interested in ...
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review 1: I've always been obsessed with Russian history, in particular the events leading to the 1917 revolution that murdered the Tsar, his family, as well as countless others, setting the stage for Stalin and decades of untold horrors, which remained shrouded in secrecy and encoded doss...
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review 1: Роман о любви и смерти среди элитной кремлевской молодежи в СССР в 40-х годах, написанный англичанином. Меня хватило буквально на первый десяток страниц. Совсем не понравился стиль автора. Кроме того, смущала достоверность описаний. Например, когда один из главных героев поступае...