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1	Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist This intimate biography of Joseph Stalin is also a group portrait of Stalin and those around him during his 30-year rule of the Soviet Union--including Beria, Molotov, Stalin's wife, Nadya, and others in his court. It is thick with details of everyday life, and it is this detail that demythologizes the Soviet dictator, and which reveals his ... see all copies from £4.10! new only from £7.64! \| first editions
2	Young Stalin more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist The companion to the acclaimed "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" delivers the revelatory account that finally unveils the shadowy journey from obscurity to power of the man who, along with Hitler, personifies evil. 32 pages of photographs. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin more books like this by Sebag Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist This life of Prince Grigory Potemkin of 18th-century Russia focuses on the public achievements of this dynamic personality, which made him a figure of legend as well as of scandal. Potemkin was an accomplished statesman who expanded Russia's power and who welcomed Western ideas. He was also the lover of Catherine the Great and numerous other women ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £15.79! \| first editions
4	Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist As a young guardsman, Grigory Potemkin caught the eye of Catherine the Great with a theatrical act of gallantry during the coup that placed her on the throne. Over the next thirty years he would become her lover, co-ruler, and husband in a secret marriage that left room for both to satisfy their sexual appetites. Potemkin proved to be one of the ... see all copies from £10.02! new only from £10.81!
5	Speeches That Changed the World more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Introduction by) add to wishlist This book contains over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. "Speeches That Changed The World" includes biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result. Iconic black and white photography dramatically illustrates these key figures and ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £8.10!
6	Young Stalin more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore, James Adams (Read by) add to wishlist Here is Stalin the supreme dictator in the making, a darkly turbulent, charismatic young man fancying himself a poet and a priest and finally embracing revolutionary idealism as his Messianic mission in life. see all copies from £3.04! new only from £3.04!
7	Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar more books like this by Sebag Montefiore, Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag-Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general, Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not only ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £8.10! \| first editions
8	Monsters by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist Some devised methods of torture cruel beyond belief, some killed members of their own families, others ordered the murders of millions of innocents; some were admired statesmen, some were maniacs - others simply butchers. Vlad Dracul, prince of Wallachia, impaled his enemies on a forest of bloody stakes; the Byzantine empress Irene had her son's ... see all copies from £7.00! new only from £7.48!
9	Prince of Princes : the life of Potemkin more books like this by Simon Sebag-Montefiore add to wishlist Antony and Cleopatra. Napoleon and Josephine. To these great love affairs that helped change history must be added the lesser-known known, but just as influential couple: Catherine the Great of Russia and Grigory Potemkin. The name 'Potemkin' is best-known today for a battleship mutiny at the time of the Russian revolution, rather than as the one ... see all copies from £3.18! signed copies \| first editions
10	Catherine the Great and Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist History's greatest love story, Catherine the Great and Potemkin is a sweeping epic of sex, love, power, conquest and extravagance on a magnificent Russian scale. Not only was only was their romance wildly passionate but they were also probably the most successful political partnership of all, outstripping Antony and Cleopatra or Napoleon and ... see all copies from £3.84! new only from £9.52!
11 view cover	Heroes by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist In "101 World Heroes", bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 100 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. Emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers rub shoulders with composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers from three ... see all copies from £2.70! new only from £6.09!
12 view cover	Speeches That Changed the World: The Words and Stories of the Moments That Made History more books like this by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Introduction by) add to wishlist Collected here are more than 50 of the world's most momentous and insightful speeches, drawn from a vast range of historical eras and from persons of all walks of life. Some speeches--such as Roosevelt's response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor--changed the course of history itself, while others--such as Martin Luther King's talk in Washington, DC- ... see all copies from £10.06! new only from £11.66!
13 view cover	The Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum: Catherine the Great's Private Passion more books like this by Will Black, Simon Sebag-Montefiore add to wishlist This is a superbly illustrated guide to Catherine the Great's exquisite Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg. This is a dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted travel related media & organizations. Catherine the Great's seizure of power in 1762 remains one of the most dramatic and iconic ... see all copies from £4.09! new only from £4.09!
14 view cover	Stalin (the Court of the Red Tsar) by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general, Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not oinly ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as ... see all copies from £12.70! new only from £19.31! \| signed copies
15	101 World Heroes: Great Men and Women Who Changed History by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist see all copies from £7.48! new only from £45.30!
16 view cover	101 World Heroes by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist In "101 World Heroes", bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 100 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. Emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers rub shoulders with composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers from three ... see all copies from £2.86! new only from £19.44! \| first editions
17 view cover	Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist The preferred method of torture of Vlad Dracul, 15th-century prince of Wallachia, was to attach a horse to each of the victim's legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into his body; Vlad also enjoyed scalping, skinning and boiling alive. The 14th-century Mongol warlord Tamerlane once ordered the building of a pyramid of 70,000 human skulls ... see all copies from £6.70! new only from £6.70!
18 view cover	My affair with Stalin more books like this by Simon Sebag-Montefiore add to wishlist 'Montefiore's skill in transferring Stalin's tactics and the revolutionary dynamic to a story of schoolboy rivalry ensures that what might have been a narrative corset becomes a metaphorical mirror. Schoolboy machinations mimic Soviet power struggles and both, in turn, wittily reflect the daily political manoeuvrings of many organisations. The ... see all copies from £1.24!
19	King's parade. more books like this by Simon Sebag-Montefiore add to wishlist This accurate and witty novel is about a northern lad's education at Cambridge University and his rise through commercial and political spheres in the city. see all copies from £2.59! first editions
20 view cover	Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not only ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria, ... see all copies from £7.83! new only from £7.97!
21	Der Junge Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist see all copies from £17.70! new only from £21.72!
22 view cover	Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist Monsters presents, in chronological order, grimly fascinating profiles of 101 notorious and profoundly sinister individuals whose actions have one thing in common - they have had a baleful and blood-soaked impact on the annals of world history. From Attila the Hun to Basil the Bulgar Slayer, from Pedro the Cruel to Ivan the Terrible, and from ... see all copies from £28.53! new only from £28.53!
23 view cover	Heroes: History's Greatest Men and Women by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist In Heroes, historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents his personal selection of the 101 most heroic figures from the pages of world history. Emperors and queens, soldiers and statesmen, religious leaders and philosophers rub shoulders with composers and poets, scientists and explorers, artists and storytellers from three millennia. see all copies from £28.53! new only from £28.53!
24	Stalin by Hans Günter; Montefiore Holl, Simon Sebag add to wishlist see all copies from £63.46!
25 view cover	Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore add to wishlist There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister and general, Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not oinly ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria ... see all copies from £3.97! new only from £3.97!

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