Stalin’s library: inside the mind of a dictator
HistoryExtra podcast
00:00
Youw Starlingas Was Always Working
Starlingas was always working, yo, rean, he was a workti, you ar. And yo, politics, political engagement, was the overwhelming feature of his lifey. He neglected his family ad politicsat was everything, sir. His re tended to be highly political, not just in e in terms of the kind of things he was reading,. bor his responses to it, and how he fought for them. So so it is very it's engaged and its purpose for reading, ye. But having said that, he also does read for pleasure. A he he's certainly reading to learn.
Play episode from 08:54
Transcript
