Article: Books: Portrait of Russia's evil tyrant; STALIN: A BIOGRAPHY By Robert Service (Macmillan pounds 25.(Features)

Article: BOOK OF THE WEEK BIOGRAPHY Trotsky By Robert ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  October 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... The Prophet Outcast. Now, in the last of his triptych of Bolshevik leaders (Lenin and Stalin already published), Robert Service delivers an outstanding, fascinating biography of this dazzling titan. It is compelling as an adventure story - the ultimate ...

Article: Books: The Alf Garnett of revolution A new analysis of Lenin is ...
The Independent - London;  March 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... decently functioning government even 80 years after his death. While making energetic use of newly liberated archives, Robert Service's book misses a substantial opportunity to set his subject in post-Soviet perspective, a project much needed given ...

Article: Books: The life and soul of the Party Lenin: a biography by ...
The Independent - London;  April 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE COURSE of history is never predictable, but a pattern is discernible. Sometimes several years pass like a day, but they are usually followed by a day that is the equivalent of a decade. On such a day, a revolutionary leader is offered the possibility of shaping a century. Lenin was such a

Article: Books: The search for Shangri-la Crossing high peaks, empty ...
The Independent - London;  July 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... The rubric of ecological research proffered to Bull's sponsors is quickly supplanted by references to Rider Haggard and Robert Service's laddish epic The Shooting of Dan McGrew. Cutting his way through dense tangles of Siberian taiga forests with local ...

Article: BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: Case of cock a doodle don't; Cock-a-Moo-Moo ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 26, 2002 ;     500 words ... ... DPUnderwater Farmyard by Carol Ann Duffy and Joel Stewart (Macmillan, pounds 9.99) THIS is poet Carol Ann Duffy's first picture ... DPCold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters (Macmillan, pounds 4.99)THE artwork in this book is what sells it. Sam ...

Article: A boy betrayed; DAYS FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD by John Simpson ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: VAL HENNESSY DAYS FROM A DIFFERENT WORLD by John Simpson (Macmillan, [pounds sterling]18.99) FROM the extraordinarily prolific pen of the BBC's World Affairs Editor comes yet another volume of autobiography ...

Article: F E PARDOE'S CRIME FILE; Bribery, Corruption Also. By H R F ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Captain Corelli's Mandolin. By Louis de Bernieres (Random House, pounds 6.99). 6 Underworld. By Don De Lillo (Macmillan, pounds 10). 7 Come Together. By Josie Lloyd (Random House, pounds 5.99). 8 Enduring Love. By Ian McEwan (Random House ...