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Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not only ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria, but men and women whose loyalty he trusted only…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 543 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 696) Аннотация: Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilisations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Since the beginning of time, great leaders have used their power of oratory to win and inspire followers. This book contains over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations and will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of the events of the time. Each speech is accompanied by a comprehensive introduction that explains its…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Monsters presents, in chronological order, grimly fascinating profiles of 101 notorious and profoundly sinister individuals whose actions have one thing in common: they have had a baleful and blood-soaked impact on the annals of history.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: As a young guardsman, Grigory Potemkin caught the eye of Catherine the Great with a theatrical act of gallantry during the coup that placed her on the throne. Over the next thirty years he would become her lover, co-ruler, and husband in a secret marriage that left room for both to satisfy their sexual appetites. Potemkin proved to be one of the most brilliant statesmen of the eighteenth century,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Stalin remains one of the creators of our world — like Hitler, the personification of evil. Yet Stalin hid his past and remains mysterious. This enthralling biography that reads like a thriller finally unveils the secret but extraordinary journey of the Georgian cobbler's son who became the Red Tsar. What forms such a merciless psychopath and consummate politician? Was he illegitimate? Did he owe…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 460) Аннотация: Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 900 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 766) Аннотация: Comment devient-on Staline? Né pauvre, ce garçon séducteur et dangereux s’essaie à la poésie, entre au séminaire, mais trouve sa vocation dans l’action révolutionnaire. À la fois intellectuel, gangster et terroriste, le jeune Staline a tout pour se forger un destin hors du commun dans la Russie de 1917: peu de scrupules et un énorme appétit de vie…