We heard about Molotov’s library in Rachel Polonsky’s superb Molotov’s Magic Lantern (£12.99). Now we have a portrait of Stalin through the books he read – and he was an avid reader all his life.
Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and his Books
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978030017904008/02/2022
Categories: 02. Books for the New Year 2022: History, Books for the New Year 2022, History
Tags: Books about Books, Russia
From a Bookshelf nearby
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A new translation of 'First Love' with a handful of other stories. One of the attractive small-format paperbacks from Pushkin Press.
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Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy
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