Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts tarkovsky Analysing never before used files

Analysing never before used files from the Tsarist military archives

and individual correspondents' personal papers

Marina Tsvetaeva

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

Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books by Geoffrey Roberts tarkovsky Analysing never before used files'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