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(b.Simon Sebag Montefiore is a historian and writer. He was born in 1965, educated at Ludgove, then Harrow School and read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University.
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 History Book of the Year Prize at the 2004 British Book Awards. Young Stalin won LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Biography Award, the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Literature, and has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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 History Book of the Year Prize at the 2004 British Book Awards. Young Stalin won LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Biography Award, the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Literature, and has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Historical
New and upcoming books
Series
Royal Rabbits Of London (with Santa Montefiore)
1. The Royal Rabbits Of London (2016)
aka The Royal Rabbits
2. Escape From the Tower (2017)
aka Escape from the Palace
3. The Great Diamond Chase (2018)
4. The Hunt for the Golden Carrot (2019)
1. The Royal Rabbits Of London (2016)
aka The Royal Rabbits
2. Escape From the Tower (2017)
aka Escape from the Palace
3. The Great Diamond Chase (2018)
4. The Hunt for the Golden Carrot (2019)
Non fiction show
Simon Sebag Montefiore recommends
The Traitors Circle (2025)
Jonathan Freedland
"Freedland's done it again. Thrilling, moving and inspiring, The Traitors Circle is a brilliant Second World War history book, as exciting as a novel and filled with extraordinary characters - some heroic and some evil - that is also both a portrait of courage, humanity and resistance against Nazi tyranny and a twisting tale of conspiracy and espionage."
Moscow Underground (2025)
Catherine Merridale
"Gripping, moving and fascinating. A heartbreaking and passionate novel of the cruelty and fragility of love, death and life in Stalinist Russia by a great storyteller who also happens to be an outstanding historian. I loved it."
Essex Dogs (2022)
(Essex Dogs Trilogy, book 1)
Dan Jones
"With a cast of unforgettable characters, written with irrepressible verve and historical accuracy, Dan Jones delivers a compelling novel that thrums with swordswinging energy."
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