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'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 Who 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."
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Stalin's Daughter, Rosemary Sullivan
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Stalin's Daughter
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rosemary Sullivan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 624
- ISBN10
- 0007491131
- ISBN13
- 9780007491131
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Self-Help, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Relationships, 20th century, Gifts for grandpa, Russia, Partnerships, Family relationships, Women's Biographies, Soviet Union, Daughters, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, 1879-1953, Stalinism, Dictators, Kremlin, Russian Emigration, Descendants of Presidents
- First published
- 2015
- Original title
- Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- '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 Who 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."