![]() ![]() Stalin the bankrobber resembles James Cagney at his most revved-up Stalin the buccaneer has the courtly panache of Errol Flynn. Dickens once or twice peeps over the biographer’s shoulder Cinematic analogies are inescapable: Montefiore does write a racy vivid biopic. ‘Should the life of a black-hearted ogre be quite so entertaining? The story Montefiore has told requires the psychological penetration and social omniscience of a great novelist. Montefiore gives a brilliant account of the 1907 Tiflis bankrobbery the resulting scenes of mayhem were worthy of the De Nero and Pacino film, HEAT’. ‘This remarkable book Montefiore’s thrilling portrait of Stalin’s youth. ‘Everything you could ask for from a biography – exhaustive research, a compelling subject and a beautifully written narrative that will endure as a portrait of one of the towering figures of modern history.’ ![]() WINNER, BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2007 PRIZE, COSTA BOOK AWARDS ![]()
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