From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I don't know. I may need something lighter -- and soon!
Update: I may write some more on this later. At times fascinating, heartbreaking, but also at times a boring read. Montefiore has all kinds of juicy gossip, due to the opening up of old Soviet archives. He takes the new material and attaches it to the history of the period. It works well -- up until WW 2, and then he has to cover a lot of big events quickly -- and this in a 650 page book! In addition, when Montefiore gets to WW 2, I sensed a ...more
Update: I may write some more on this later. At times fascinating, heartbreaking, but also at times a boring read. Montefiore has all kinds of juicy gossip, due to the opening up of old Soviet archives. He takes the new material and attaches it to the history of the period. It works well -- up until WW 2, and then he has to cover a lot of big events quickly -- and this in a 650 page book! In addition, when Montefiore gets to WW 2, I sensed a ...more
Jul 19, 2008
Brian
marked it as to-read
Sep 09, 2010
Charles
marked it as to-read
Nov 08, 2011
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
Aug 21, 2013
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2014
Keith Bado
marked it as to-read
Dec 29, 2014
O'Rissa
marked it as to-read
Aug 03, 2017
Terri
marked it as vaca-home-library
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
russian-history,
russian-joseph-stalin
Mar 09, 2018
Daisy
marked it as to-read
Jul 12, 2019
Kara
marked it as to-read
Sep 29, 2019
Kathy Jo
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2022
Jim
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2023
grace
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2023
Deborah
marked it as to-read
