{"id":16542,"date":"2022-07-26T18:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=212165"},"modified":"2022-07-26T18:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:23:07","slug":"stalins-library-inside-the-mind-of-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/stalins-library-inside-the-mind-of-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalin\u2019s library: inside the mind of a dictator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Historian Geoffrey Roberts explores the life and career of Josef Stalin through his vast book collection. In conversation with Rob Attar, Professor Roberts highlights some of the unexpected items on the Soviet dictator\u2019s shelves and explains the influence that reading had on his brutal regime.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-212165-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/StalinLibrary-2e556f4.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/StalinLibrary-2e556f4.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/StalinLibrary-2e556f4.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Geoffrey Roberts is the author of <em>Stalin\u2019s Library: A Dictator and his Books<\/em> (Yale University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/stalin-s-library-a-dictator-and-his-books\/9780300179040&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Stalins-Library-Dictator-his-Books\/dp\/0300179049\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/stalins-library\/geoffrey-roberts\/9780300179040&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Attar Published: Tuesday, 26 July 2022 at 12:00 am Historian Geoffrey Roberts explores the life and career of Josef Stalin through his vast book collection. 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