The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia. - Hardcover

Figes, Orlando

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713997028 ISBN 13: 9780713997026

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2007

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About this title

About the Author:

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His books include A People's Tragedy and Natasha's Dance.

Review:

Wonderful ... an amazing panoramic view ... I've rarely read anything like it * Claire Tomalin * Awesome ... one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering, cruelty and courage ... a celebration of family love in an epoch of hellish cruelty ... now in this book these righteous heroes have their rightful memorial -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Mail on Sunday * This is a heart-rending book ... its importance cannot be overestimated ... This book should be made compulsory reading in Russia today -- Antony Beevor, author of * Stalingrad * A masterful account of lost and stolen lives * Sunday Times * Awesome ... one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering, cruelty and courage ... a celebration of family love in an epoch of hellish cruelty ... now in this book these righteous heroes have their rightful memorial -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Mail on Sunday * Awesome ... one of the most unforgettable books I have ever read. I defy anyone to read it without weeping at its human suffering, cruelty and courage ... a celebration of family love in an epoch of hellish cruelty ... now in this book these righteous heroes have their rightful memorial -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Mail on Sunday *

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0713997028
• ISBN 13: 9780713997026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 740