Surcó el firmamento político como un cometa resplandeciente. De 1917 en adelante, captó la atención del mundo. «La mejor biografía de Trotski.» John Gray, Literary ReviewAl ser asesinado se convirtió...

La historia de Rusia en el siglo XX se ha renovado profundamente en los últimos años, en especial después de la apertura de los archivos soviéticos. Nuevos libros sobre la revolución de octubre, la NEP...

Apresentando uma visão humana e verossímil do ditador soviético, Stalin: uma biografia compõe o seu retrato mais fascinante e completo com detalhes inéditos de sua vida e história. Em Stalin: uma briografia,...

Lenin: A biografia definitiva traz uma análise completa e original sobre a vida do líder revolucionário socialista.Lenin é uma figural colossal, cuja influência na história do século XX não pode ser subestimada....

Le portrait puissant et novateur de l'un des hommes les plus ahurissants du XXe siècle. Les biographies de Staline sont nombreuses, certes, mais si l'on attend d'une biographie qu'elle déroule une vie...

La biographie de référence de Léon Trotski (1879-1940), élu " meilleur livre d'histoire 2011 " par le magazine Lire. Révolutionnaire, chef de guerre, mais aussi écrivain brillant, amoureux des femmes,...

Um relato surpreendente e nada sentimental da vida de Nicolau II, de sua abdicação a sua execução. Nicolau II não tinha preparo para governar. A falta de formação política fez com que aquele homem tímido...

The Cold War had seemed like a permanent fixture in global politics, and until its denouement, no Western or Soviet politician foresaw that the stand-off between the two superpowers - after decades of...

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published....

‘A timely and important book . . . he brings to it rare clarity and common sense. His book is a fast-paced account of the last sixteen months of the tsar’s life; brief, sharp, but laced with well-judged...

Revolutionary practitioner, theorist, factional chief, sparkling writer, ‘ladies’ man’ (e.g., his affair with Frieda Kahlo), icon of the Revolution, anti-Jewish Jew, philosopher of everyday life, grand...

In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man...

In the immediate aftermath of the Revolution, the Western powers were anxious to prevent the spread of Bolshevism across Europe. Lenin and Trotsky were equally anxious that the Communist vision they were...

Almost two decades have passed since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Robert Service, one of our finest historians of modern Russia, sets out to examine the history of communism...

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure. Making...

'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third Reich'This work of a lifetime presents high-octane, high-political drama'...