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Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so easily, that demand revenge of the most appalling nature.
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The Secret Speech, Tom Rob Smith
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- The Secret Speech
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tom Rob Smith
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1847398448
- ISBN13
- 9781847398444
- Series
- Lev Demidov
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Thriller, Politics, Suspense, Murders, Detective Fiction, Russia, Past, Fear, Revenge, Escape, Soviet Union, Hatred, Secret Services, 1950s, Rebellion, Uprising
- First published
- 2009
- Original title
- The Secret Speech
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so easily, that demand revenge of the most appalling nature.