Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts tarkovsky this book explores all aspects

this book explores all aspects of Stalin’s tumultuous life and politics

and individual correspondents' personal papers

across to the Caucasus and beyond – “Mamushka” is a love letter to Eastern Europe

Marina Tsvetaeva

Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts tarkovsky this book explores all aspects'Innovative and intriguing: the warlord and mass murderer as bookworm, librarian and intellectual. A fascinating read' David Reynolds, co author of The Kremlin Letters In this engaging life of the twentieth centurys most self consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words, and his voracious appetite for reading