A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Visiting Professor at Buckingham University, he lives in London with his wife, the novelist Santa Montefiore, and their two children. He has presented BBC television series on the Holy Cities of Jerusalem, Rome and Istanbul. During the height of the Stalinist terror, when even those closest to the dictator were in grave. Dr Montefiore's next major history book will be THE ROMANOVS: RISE AND FALL, 1613-1917. In the book, the author examines the life and. Montefiore talked about his book, Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, published by Knopf. He is also the author of two acclaimed novels, SASHENKA and ONE NIGHT IN WINTER. Booknotes Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Part 2 Mr. JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY won the JEWISH BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE (USA). YOUNG STALIN won the COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD (UK), the LA TIME BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY (USA), LE GRAND PRIX DE LA BIOGRAPHIE POLITIQUE (France) and the KREISKY PRIZE FOR POLITICAL LITERATURE (Austria). Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals in captivating detail the fear and betrayal, privilege and. STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR won the HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS. CATHERINE THE GREAT AND POTEMKIN was shortlisted for the SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE. His books are published in over 40 languages. Simon Sebag Montefiore read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy.
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