There is no way to adequately describe the third world to someone who has never been there. Nor is there any way to fully understand life in Stalinist Russia to those who never lived through the period.
"The court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore, will take you back in time to a place and cause you to experience a life as acutely as pen, corroborated facts and superb writing can do.
If you are like me, spell bound to the last page, you will be profoundly thankful that you were ever born in a land and to a way of life that has been influenced by the gospel.
You may also thank God that you are able to sip your Espresso instead of spooning gruel in a Siberian Salt mine.
Ian
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