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Lenin : the Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lenin : the Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror about?
Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, Lenin was radicalized after the execution of his brother in 1887. Sebestyen traces the story from Lenin's early years to his long exile in Europe and return to Petrograd in 1917 to lead the first Communist revolution in history. Uniquely, Sebestyen has discovered that throughout Lenin's life his closest relationships were with his mother, his sisters, his wife, and his mistress. The long-suppressed story told here of the love triangle that Lenin had with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his beautiful, married mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a more complicated character than that of the coldly one-dimensional leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. With Lenin's personal papers and those of other leading political figures now available, Sebestyen gives is new details that bring to life the dramatic an
Who reads Lenin : the Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Victor Sebestyen
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House LLC
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101871638
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (611 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14