Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian specializing in Russia. His book Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize in the British Book Awards. His Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner, which was shortlisted for the British Samuel Johnson Prize, has just been published in paperback. (February 2005)

From the Review

February 24, 2005: An Affair to Remember

Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin edited and translated from the Russian by Douglas Smith

July 15, 2004: A Great Betrayal

Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies