Böcker av Simon Sebag Montefiore

The thrilling biography of Stalin - an international bestseller

The epic new history from the bestselling author of JERUSALEM - the intimate story of Russia's imperial dynasty

Vital prequel to the internationally bestselling biography STALIN: COURT OF THE RED TSAR

Imprisoned in the Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a penal battalion made up of Cossacks and convicts to fight the Nazis. He enrols in the Russian cavalry, and on a hot summer day in July 1942, he and his band of brothers are sent on a desperate mission behind enemy lines.

'An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good' Dan SnowIf your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow 1945.

Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heart-breaking story of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice ...

A fully updated edition of the million-copy-selling SUNDAY TIMES No.1.

Crack open the spine of this gloriously illustrated book to discover a breathtaking history of the city that has changed the course of history. Because Jerusalem's story is the history of the world - and its most recognisable, powerful, flamboyant (and sometimes malevolent) characters: King Herod, the Emperors Nero and Caesar, Cleopatra, Nebuchadnezzar and Catherine the Great to Lawrence of Arabia, Winston Churchill and even Barack Obama. The history of Jerusalem is the ultimate epic story of battling kings, scheming empresses, lying politicians, love, faith, families and feuds. This beautifully illustrated retelling of historian Simon Sebag Montefiore's seminal classic Jerusalem: A Biography is masterful: its stories reveal in a balanced and measured way Jerusalem's political, religious and ethnic rivalries - past and present - that readers will find easier to understand through the context of its 3,000-year history. In doing so, it becomes an essential guide to understanding today's world.

The epic bestselling biography of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin, her outrageous lover and co-ruler

A collection of history's greatest speeches, with commentary from internationally bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore

A collection of the greatest letters in history, charting world-shaping events and revealing the unique personalities of some of history's most famous figures

The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying and inspiring characters that everyone should know