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Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian of Russia and author of Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner; Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar; and the bestselling Young Stalin, awarded the 2007 Costa Biography Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Montefiore lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children.

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I have loved writing my novel Sashenka.  I have spent the last ten years writing history books on Russian...
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History Today, May 14, 2012
...of book sales and advances) is part of the past rather than present. The likes of Max Hastings, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Ben Macintyre continue to sell in admirable quantities, but those swallows do not a summer make. Paul Lay is editor of History...
Del Mar Times, April 27, 2012
...Society, the RSF Community Center and this newspaper. The next luncheon on Friday, May 18, will feature writer Simon Sebag Montefiore and his book “Jerusalem...
Del Mar Times, April 26, 2012
...Society, the RSF Community Center and this newspaper. The next luncheon on Friday, May 18, will feature writer Simon Sebag Montefiore and his book “Jerusalem...
Observer, April 14, 2012
...to Harris's tale of hedge funds and rather too clever artificial intelligence and to much else besides: Simon Sebag Montefiore's Young Stalin; by David Crystal; Gillian Tett's history of the banking crisis, Fool's Gold; favourite bits of Jane Austen....
Southwark News, April 4, 2012
...the hunt for fresh local writing talent. Local publisher Richard Foreman, who has successfully promoted famous authors including Simon Sebag Montefiore, brother-in-law to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, has started a business that specialises in publishing first...
Daily Express, March 29, 2012
...Jerusalem is the most holy city in the world and in telling its restless and repeatedly bloody history Simon Sebag Montefiore is absolutely triumphant. Documenting each conquest and conflict this book is a fascinating read and a significant...
Lovereading, March 22, 2012
...the corner why not find out more about possibly the most influential city in the world? Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a comprehensive, approachable and riveting history of the most fiercely contested territory in the World. P.P.S – Don’t...
Mail Online UK, February 25, 2012
...marriage and so do my brother James and my sister Santa who is married to author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. I think one of the reasons I have steered clear of marriage is that I have seen so much infidelity around me in the past ten years. If...
Mail Online UK, February 25, 2012
...marriage and so do my brother James and my sister Santa who is married to author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. I think one of the reasons I have steered clear of marriage is that I have seen so much infidelity around me in the past ten years. If...
Spectator, February 23, 2012
...colleagues ploughing the same narrow field. Yet the commercial and critical success of the likes of Antony Beevor, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Amanda Foreman (none of whom is a member of the academy), has demonstrated the continuing desire among the...
Pop Matters, February 23, 2012
...Simon Sebag Montefiore opens Jerusalem: The Biography with a lengthy description of the city’s destruction by Titus and the Roman army in 70 AD. He tells this story by mixing...
Spectator, February 22, 2012
...and allowed to take three books. What would you choose? The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore and The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 4) Which literary character would you most like to sleep with? Dorian Gray before he...
Zimbio, February 21, 2012
...Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is about Simon Sebag Montefiore. Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's...
Businessworld India, February 18, 2012
...Intro:  British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore speaks about his new book 'Jerusalem' and his lif...