Autor Victor Sebestyen

Čtivá a působivá kniha o brutálně potlačeném maďarském povstání začíná rokem 1944 a podrobnou historii dvanácti revolučních dnů z října a listopadu 1956, v nichž spočívá těžiště knihy, dovádí až k dnešní době. Známá i neznámá fakta kombinuje autor tak,…

Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge…

An illustrated account of one of the most pivotal events in modern history - the Russian revolution of 1917. In the early years of the twentieth century, Imperial Russia was an ethnically diverse empire, stretching from Ukraine and Belarus in the west…

Nineteen forty-sixis the year that would signal the beginning of the Cold War, the end of the British Empire, and the beginning of the rivalry between the United States and the USSR. Victor Sebestyen reveals the year s events by chronologically framing…

Victor Sebestyen's intimate biography is the first major work in English for nearly two decades on one of the most significant figures of the twentieth century. In Russia to this day Lenin inspires adulation. Everywhere, he continues to fascinate as…

Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge…

Sebestyenova kniha o Leninovi je vzorem politického životopisu pro široké publikum: historická přesnost se v textu vyváženě spojuje s beletristickou živostí a napínavostí, aniž by se autor musel uchylovat k psychologickým spekulacím nebo pompézním generalizacím.…

From acclaimed historian Victor Sebestyen comes a new life of the creator of the world's first communist state.

'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can change the world' Jonathan Dimbleby, MAIL ON SUNDAY