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A bit of a different thing going on this week.

You've been immature and you've lied.

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

I was trying to manipulate you.

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. And remember, it's just between us. Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. I, uh. So, Benny has really blossomed this term. You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. Oh, that's not quite what I meant. It's free to sell on there. Free to sell? Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. You sold my guitar? Shall we talk about Benny? When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say you when it's eBay.

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Hello and Welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Reveal.

I'm Ellie Cawthorne. How much can you tell about a person from the books on their shelves?

Well, quite a lot, according to the historian Geoffrey Roberts, because his new book, Stalin's Library, seeks to offer fresh insights into the Soviet dictator through a study of the vast book collection that he accumulated over his

lifetime. In conversation with Rob Atar, Professor Roberts discusses the books that Stalin read

and how they shaped his political trajectory and brutal regime. Many books and biographies

of Stalin have been written, including many by yourself.

So I wondered what additional perspectives you think can be provided by approaching his life through his library.

Right. Yeah. So my book is essentially an intellectual portrait of Stalin.

And I paint the picture. I tell the story through using his personal book collection, yeah,

including a number of texts, about 400 texts that he actually,

he marked or annotated or wrote in some form.

So basically, it's a portrait of an intellectual.

Now, I'm not the first, by no means the first person to identify Stalin as essentially

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