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Subtitled, "The Court Of The Red Tsar". The remarkable and bestselling untold story of the men and women who sustained Stalin in power in the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years. Author of "Prince Of Princes: Potemkin", Simon Sebag Montefiore has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin - not only ministers but men and women whose loyalty he trusted only until the next purge. 'A grim masterpiece, shot through with lashes of black humour ... this all-too-powerful book' Antonia Fraser, "Mail On Sunday"
Synopsis
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.