42
So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐Ÿ“š Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, June 14th, 2026 (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 months ago by [M] to c/books@lemmygrad.ml
51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.

Previous week's thread.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Recently found out about "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore. I get the feeling it's a pretty lib book, but has anyone read it? Is it worth a read?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 14 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    I'm reading Lasurdos book on Stalin, probably a better alternative. Haven't finished it but his aim is to give a more objective view of Stalin and the party during his time, good and bad, instead of regurgitating propaganda like western pop-history authors

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 months ago*

    I love bringing this guy up because his whole story about

    CW: SA

    Stalin raping a child

    is inexplicable & written in a bafflingly unserious tone for the subject matter. Also, he's in Jeffrey Epstein's contact book. (The real one, not the supposed second one that CIA asset Christopher Helali mysteriously "found on eBay" which was promoted by Rolling Stone. He is always crying about the fucking Romanovs, gets in all sorts of #badfilmdocumentaries

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent