Lenin : the man, the dictator, and the master of terror / Victor Sebestyen.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]Edition: First United States editionDescription: xix, 569 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101871638
- 1101871636
- Lenin, Vladimir Il�ich, 1870-1924 -- Influence
- Lenin, Vladimir Il�ich, 1870-1924 -- Political and social views
- Lenin, Vladimir Il�ich, 1870-1924 -- Relations with women
- Lenin, Vladimir Il�ich, 1870-1924 -- Psychology
- Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- Dictators -- Soviet Union -- Biography
- State-sponsored terrorism -- Soviet Union -- History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
- 947.0841092Â BÂ 23
- DK254.L4Â S34 2017
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | 947.08 SEBESTYEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001607249 |
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd., London, a Hachette UK company, in 2017."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 538-547) and index.
"Since the birth of Soviet Russia, Vladimir Lenin has been viewed as a controversial figure, revered and reviled for his rigid political ideals. He continues to fascinate as a man who made history, and created the first Communist state, a model that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world. Drawing on new research, including the diaries, memoirs, and personal letters of both Lenin and his friends, Victor Sebestyen's biography--the first in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century, but a portrait of Lenin the man"--
There are no comments on this title.