Книга: Simon Sebag Montefiore «The Romanovs: 1613-1918»
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore’s gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, with a global cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets, fromIvan the Terrible to Tolstoy and Pushkin, to Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria and Lenin. To rule Russia was both imperial-sacred mission and poisoned chalice: six of the last twelve tsars were murdered. Peter the Great tortured his own son to death while making Russia an empire,... Издательство: "Weidenfeld and Nicolson Weidenfeld&Nicolson" (2016) Формат: 160x240, 784 стр.
ISBN: 978-0297-85266-7 Купить за 1889 руб на Озоне |
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Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Simon Sebag-Montefiore (born 1965) is a British historian and writer. He was educated at Ludgrove, then
Montefiore’s books are world bestsellers, published in 33 languages. His first history book, "Catherine the Great & Potemkin", was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, Duff Cooper, and Marsh Biography Prizes. "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" won the
He also wrote the new novel, "Sashenka" and his next history book: "Jerusalem: the Biography, a fresh history of the Middle East".
A Fellow of the
Books
* "Jerusalem: the Biography, a fresh history of the Middle East", ...
* "101 World Heroes", 2009
* "Monsters – History's most evil men and women", 2008
* "Young Stalin", 2008
* "My Affair with Stalin", 2004
* "", 2005, 2004
* "Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner", 2005
"Catherine the Great and Potemkin", 2004
* "Speeches that Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments that Made History", 2008, 2007
"Speeches that Changed the World", 2007
* "Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits (Annals of Communism Series)" with
* "A History of Caucasus", 2005
* "King's Parade", 1992
; Fiction
* "Sashenka", 2008
External links
* [http://www.simonsebagmontefiore.com/ Author website]
Источник: Simon Sebag-Montefiore
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