It’s the huge, intelligent heart beating through his politics. He always found the time to tell his son Fermin – who grew up to be an accomplished artist – a bedtime story. His feminism. His firm principled life-long stand against all forms of oppression.
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Its feels somewhat banal to say ‘I love history’ – but I do. Yet like most history readers, there are eras and topics I avoid or have no interest in whatsoever. For me, Russia is one such topic, so being asked to review Conspirator: Lenin in Exile I almost said no. I changed my mind when I realised Helen Rappaport was the author.
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