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The Death of Stalin

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Sheila Fitzpatrick

Sheila Fitzpatrick is a pioneer in the field of Soviet history. She regularly contributes to the London Review of Books and is the multi-award-winning author of many books, including Everyday Stalinism, On Stalin's Team, The Russian Revolution, …

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Praise for The Death of Stalin

'Wise, comprehensive and brilliantly succinct. Sheila Fitzpatrick gives us the essentials of Stalin's life and death in a highly readable yet impeccably scholarly form.' —Owen Matthews, author of Stalin's Children
 

‘Shelia Fitzpatrick is an expert of all things Russian/Soviet and there is a tone of smooth authority in the way she writes. Her book is a successful, informative and accessible piece of writing.’—Queensland Reviewers Collective
 

‘From the anglophone world’s best historian of the Soviet Union … The Death of Stalin picks a crucial moment and covers it in impressive breadth. A vital read for anyone wanting to understand how the evil that men do lives after them.’ —The Saturday Paper

‘Sheila Fitzpatrick is the world’s expert on Soviet history, truly without peer in the field … A brilliant little masterpiece, this one.’—The Australian

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