Description
| Product ID: | 9780007491131 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Stalin’s Daughter |
| Subtitle: | The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva |
| Authors: | Author: Rosemary Sullivan |
| Page Count: | 624 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, European history, History, European history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness’ Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel’ Independent ‘Superbly well told’ Sunday Times ‘Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness’ Simon Sebag Montefiore‘A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel’ Independent‘Superbly well told’ Sunday TimesWho was Svetlana Alliluyeva?A little girl, her father’s only daughter, his “little sparrow”; instructed to bury her secrets in her heart by her mother, who shot herself soon after.An observer as her relatives were mercilessly killed and her first love exiled.A woman who tore through relationships with men, joined and abandoned various religions, and became the most famous defector to the United States.The victim of an inescapable truth: “You are Stalin’s daughter. . . . You can’t live your own life. You can’t live any life. You exist only in reference to a name.” |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-06-30 |
