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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)

An Affair to Remember

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

February 24, 2005 issue

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