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Lenin the Dictator

An Intimate Portrait

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Lenin the Dictator

By: Victor Sebestyen
Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
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Victor Sebestyen's intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the 20th century. In Russia, to this day, Lenin inspires adulation. Everywhere he continues to fascinate as a man who made history and who created a new kind of state that would later be imitated by nearly half the countries in the world.

Lenin believed that 'the political is the personal', and while in no way ignoring his political life, Sebestyen's focus will be on Lenin the man - a man who loved nature almost as much as he loved making revolution and whose closest ties and friendships were with women. The long-suppressed story of his ménage a trois with his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and his mistress and comrade, Inessa Armand, reveals a different character to the coldly one-dimensional figure of legend. Told through the prism of Lenin's key relationships, Sebestyen's lively biography casts a new light the Russian Revolution, one of the great turning points of modern history.

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©2017 Victor Sebestyen (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group Ltd Politics & Activism Politics & Government Presidents & Heads of State Russia Imperialism Socialism Soviet Union War Capitalism
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He had a very interesting life some parts could easily have been from a movie jumping from the train for instance. Loved the quotes from Churchill!

Very informative and Enjoyable

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it was amazing, unbiased and deeply researched.
finished it in 3 days. lenin lived for his people indeed

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This book is essentially a Lenin hit piece, aimed at dragging up everything that can be framed in the negative about Lenin. Thoroughly biased. If you are trying to understand more about Lenin and Russian socialism this is not a good starting place, nor is it innovative enough for more expert readers. I only bothered listening because there doesn't seem to be any other Lenin biographies on this platform.

As sensationalist as the title sounds

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