May 28, 2015 from stalins daughter by rosemary sullivan harper collins, june 2015. Shadow maker, her biography of gwendolyn macewen, won the governor generals award for nonfiction. World war ii, escape, and a house in marseille, 2006, etc. How joseph stalins only daughter ended up in wisconsin. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Thomas high school, she attended mcgill university on a scholarship, and received her bachelors degree in 1968.
Canadian biographer sullivans previous works villa airbel. As her mother was interested in pursuing a professional career, a nanny, alexandra bychokova, was hired to look after alliluyeva and her older brother vasily born 1921. She was fortyone years old and wore an elegant white double. Much like svetlana could never quite escape the long and obliterating shadow cast by stalin, neither can the author ignore the looming spectre of the red tzar. Read your book anywhere, on any device, through redshelfs cloud based ereader. Sullivan does a nice job of conveying her subjects point of. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva audio cd audiobook, unabridged. The early part of this book is a tangle of fried and burned family. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva 9780007491117 by rosemary sullivan and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Winner of the plutarch award for best biographypen literary award finalistnational book critics. By this point in the book, we feel locked into a plot as subterranean and relentless as that of a hitchcock film. Stalins daughter is a poignant look at the struggles of a dictators offspring. World war ii, escape and a house in marseille and labyrinth of desire. The remarkable thing about stalin s daughter was not that she was imperious, infuriating, batty at times, but that she had survived at all and survived, as this entertaining book shows, with her dignity and.
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In stalins daughter, rosemary sullivan, a professor emeritus at the university of toronto, draws on cia, kgb and soviet government documents, and interviews with svetlanas youngest. Svetlana iosifovna alliluyeva later known as lana peters, was the youngest child and only. Biographer and poet rosemary sullivan is a professor emeritus at the university of toronto. In 1967, svetlana alliluyeva walked into the us embassy in new delhi and requested asylum. Sullivan allows the reader the freedom of their own interpretation. In her research for stalin s daughter, rosemary sullivan had the full cooperation of svetlanas american daughter, olga. The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva by rosemary sullivan available from rakuten kobo. Epic in scope, its a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her fathers name. Rosemary interviewed dozens of people who knew svetlana, including family and friends in moscow and the cia agent who was in charge of moving her from india when she defected. Rosemary sullivan s fastpaced and fascinating account of this womans nomadic, tragic life is meticulously researched and beautifully told. Sullivan spent 3 12 years researching and writing the book. Stalin s daughter available for download and read online in other formats. Rosemary sullivans compelling biography of svetlana alliluyeva, stalins only daughter, makes an admirable attempt at an answerthe remarkable thing about stalins daughter was not that she was imperious, infuriating, batty at times, but that she had survived at all and survived, as this entertaining book shows, with her dignity.
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A principal virtue ofsullivans empathetic stalins daughter is the vivid sense it offers of alliluyeva. This book is a wonderfully written account of the life of svetlana alliluyeva, stalin s one and only daughter. The awardwinning author of villa airbel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of svetlana stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of historys most monstrous dictatorsher father, josef stalin. The early part of this book, in particular, is as much stalin s story as it is a biography of his disconcertingly lookalike daughter.
The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva audiobook by rosemary sullivan. See all 15 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Winner of the plutarch award for best biography national book critics circle award finalist pen literary award finalist. Rosemary sullivan is the author of stalin s daughter 3. The book is well researched, and sullivan maintains a neutral view of the troubled life of svetlana.
The extraordinary and tumultuous life of svetlana alliluyeva paperback abridged, june 21, 2016. Rosemary sullivan the awardwinning author of villa airbel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of svetlana stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history s most. Jun 14, 2015 stalins daughter, by rosemary sullivan. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read stalin s daughter. While she benefited from the perks of being the dictator s daughter, her realization of his crimes against humanity, and the strictures of her role in soviet society were unbearable. Jun 12, 2015 while nothing quite this cinematic occurs in rosemary sullivan s exhaustive new biography, stalin s daughter. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. After she was married, in 1968, she attended the university of connecticut. Stalins daughter is a captivating tale of intrigue, tragedy and survival. Stalins daughter, by rosemary sullivan the new york times. Jun 29, 2016 stalins daughter by rosemary sullivan, 97800074911, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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