Bortoli has been Moscow correspondent for French radio & TV for only 15 years, so he wasn't there the day of Stalin's death in 1953. His account of the dictator's last year is reconstructed from interviews with citizens, the memoirs of daughter Svetlana & others (Khrushchev, Ehrenburg, Yevtushenko etc.), between-the-lines readings of old issues of Pravda & other official documents.--Kirkus
Illustrated with photographs
Preface
Summer
Autumn
Winter
An Uncertain Spring
Epilogue
App 1 Tass Communique Announcing Joseph Stalin's Illness
App 2 Final Medical Communique on the Illness & Death
App 3 Official Communique Announcing the Death of Stalin
App 4 Pathological & Anatomical Examination of the Body
Notes
Bibliography
Additional information
Book Condition | Hardback, Very Good |
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Year Published | 1975 |