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The death of Stalin

The death of Stalin

Nury, Fabien, author.
Graphic Novel 2017

"On March 1, 1953, the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union--Joseph Stalin--had a severe stroke. A doctor could not be called until the Central Committee had convened, voted, and agreed on which doctor to use, a task made more complex by the fact that Stalin had just ordered the deaths of many of the Soviet Union's leading physicians. And so began the bureaucratic merry-go-round that became the int...

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ISBN:
9781785863400
Edition:
First edition
Description:
119 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes:
"Although inspired by real events, this book is nonetheless a work of fiction: artistic license has been used to construct a story from historical evidence that was at best patchy, at times partial, and often contradictory."--Page [7]
Originally published in French in 2012 by Dargaud
Translation from the French of: Mort de Staline
Text in English, translated from the French
Contents:
The death of Stalin, chapter 1. Agony
The death of Stalin, chapter 2. Funeral
Control Number:
3389221
Other Authors:
Aureyre, Lorien, colorist
Robin, Thierry, 1958- illustrator, colorist
translation of: Nury, Fabien. Mort de Staline. English
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