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Ja ovu knjigu nisam ispuštala iz ruku do poslednje strane. Ima nešto u načinu na koji Simon pripoveda, tako brutalno iskreno, a opet obavijeno velom romanse i nade. Sa lakoćom ulazi iz lika u lik, bio to desetogodišnji dečak ili montruozni pripadnik tajne policije. Fascinantan slučaj ruske istorije, Leggi tutto

Russia 1945, Stalin and his regime is firmly entrenched. What starts out as a student's game, quickly turns into much more, two deaths and a possible conspiracy to overthrow Stalin, and many students, the youngest aged six are quickly imprisoned. What makes this case so special to the investigating

One Night in Winter - Simon Sebag Montefiore 1945. Moscow, Russia. Jubilance raged over the war-ravaged city. Hitler was defeated. New beginnings lay ahead for a nation with promises of greatness by Stalin. The hope for normalcy raised slowly from the ashes. The young Andrei Kurbsky saw “crumbling bui Leggi tutto

Almost but not quite. The historian leaned back in his chair and thought "I make a decent living from writing popular non-fiction, but I don't make nearly as many zloties as that Robert Harris, I think I'll try for a bit of what he's getting" And he nearly, but not quite, makes it. What Sebag-Montefio Leggi tutto

It was hard to put down. I was captivated by this extraordinary story within which some of the characters were actual historical figures. Looking over one's shoulder all the time for fear of being incarcerated, tortured, sent to the Gulags or killed for the slightest move in the wrong direction in t Leggi tutto

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Nakon pročitane obje knjige, Sašenjka i Jedne zimske noći, drago mi je što sam konačno zaokružila ovaj serijal koji me je neopravdano predugo čekao na polici. Moram priznati da sam Sašenjki imala par zamjerki, previše površnu karakterizaciju glavnih likova, posebno naslovne junakinje, koja mi je zbo Leggi tutto

A bit of internet research shows up that Joseph Stalin, dictator leader of the Soviet Union from mind-1920s till his death in 1953, was responsible during this time for the deaths of 20 million Soviet people - his own people. Most died from starvation either due to state induced famine or in the inf Leggi tutto

O carte care, în ciuda atmosferei familiare pentru noi, cititorii din România, te sufocă, care te acoperă de secrete, care ţese în jurul tău o plasă de teroare din care m-am scuturat cu mare greutate ducându-mă direct la Internet ca să verific eventuale rădăcini ruseşti ale lui Montefiore, căci mi s Leggi tutto

I almost never read historical fiction. I much prefer my history books to be non-fictional, and I do worry that my poor befuddled mind might end up conflating fact and fiction. However Simon Sebag Montefiore is one of my favourite historians and I found myself being sucked in to reading this, his mo Leggi tutto