The Court of the Red TsarUK £ © David King aa Rares 9 °780753 Joseph Stalin Nadezhda Stalin _ Ekaterina and Klim Voroshilov HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR BRITISH BOOK AWARDS Who was the boy from Georgia who rose to rule the Empire of the Tsars? Who were his Himmler, Goring, Goebbels? How did the ‘top ten’ families live? In this history of Stalin’s imperial court, the fear and betrayal, privilege and debauchery, family life and murderous brutality are brought blazingly to life. ‘The most civilised and elegant chronicle of brutality and ruthlessness I have ever read’ Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph Books of the Year “Extraordinary . . . this book will provide new insights on every page’ Anne Applebaum, Evening Standard ‘This grim masterpiece . . . the personal details are riveting’ Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday ‘Horrific, revelatory and sobering .. . 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