There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general, Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not oinly ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria, but men and women whose loyalty he trusted only until the next purge.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
, who was born in 1965, read history at Cambridge. He spent most of the nineties travelling through the ex-Soviet Empire and wrote widely on Russia, especially for the Sunday Times, New York Times and Spectator. Prince of Princes: the Life of Potemkin was published in 2000 and shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper and Marsh Biography prizes. The author of two novels and presenter of television documentaries, he lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.
Before
Midsomer Murders
,
John Nettles
was best known for his role as Sergeant Jim Bergerac in the television series
Bergerac
. Other TV appearances include
A Family at War
,
Black Beauty
,
The Liver Birds, Dickens of London
and
The Merchant of Venice
. Stage work ranges from the Royal Shakespeare Company to pantomime. Orion Audio invited him to read
Stalin
because of his magnificent audiobook reading of
George Orwell's
1984.
The book of Stalin is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Abridged by lsabel Morgan Produced by Nicholas Jones (Strathmore Publishing) Pronunciation adviser: Sergey Rybin Original text © Simon Sebag Montefiore 2003 The moral right of the author has been asserted Abridgement and recording © & © Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2004 Cover image: Joseph and Nadezhda Stalin on holiday in Sochi around 1930 Cover image ©David King Reader photograph © Peter Bolton.
Written By - James Gleick
Narrated By - Allan Corduner
Published By : Harper Collins US
Runtime : 5 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Historical
Social & Economic
Biographical
Price : $29.95 $16.95
James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science -- how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform... More info... |
Written By - Joanna Bourke
Narrated By - Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 4 hours 40 minutes
Categories : British
20th Century
Social & Economic
Historical
Politics
Price : $24.49
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the Twentieth Century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith More info... |
Written By - Laurence Gonzales
Narrated By - Stefan Rudnicki
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 10 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Historical
Biographical
Price : $34.95 $19.95
After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better equipped gro... More info... |
Written By - Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrated By - Barrett Whitener
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 22 hours
Categories : American
Pre 1900
Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
Price : $59.95 $29.95
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and... More info... |
Written By - Simon Winchester
Narrated By - Simon Winchester
Published By : Harper Collins US
Runtime : 10 hours
Categories : Historical
Biographical
Price : $39.95 $21.95
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology. In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith,... More info... |
