Hace unos 950.000 años, una familia de cinco personas caminó por una playa y dejó las huellas familiares más antiguas jamás descubiertas. Para Simon Sebag Montefiore estos fósiles sirven como inspiración...

En cierto sentido, ésta es la primera biografía real de Stalin. Lo que se había publicado hasta ahora no dejaban de ser más que pasajes de su vida y su tiempo, complementados con la historia de la Unión...

Jerusalén es, a la vez, la capital de un poder político, objetivo de mil batallas, conquistas y destrucciones a lo largo de los siglos, y la ciudad santa de tres religiones: el lugar destinado a ser...

Los Románov gobernaron Rusia como zares y emperadores durante trescientos años. A través de la fuerza implacable de su personalidad, esta familia de peculiares pero brillantes autócratas transformó un...

La vida de Stalin antes de la Revolución fue siempre un enigma, que él mismo ocultaba con silencios y falsedades. Lo mismo podría decirse de los antecedentes de la propia Revolución, convertida en una...

Escrito en la historia conmemora las mayores y más importantes cartas del panorama político, cultural, artístico, o de la vida privada de aquellos personajes célebres que influyeron en el devenir de nuestra...

Simon Sebag Montefiore, uno de los más eminentes historiadores británicos, nos presenta las vidas de los gigantes que, para bien o para mal, han hecho nuestro mundo, en un reparto que va de conquistadores,...

NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret...

INCLUDES NEW MATERIALWRITTEN IN HISTORY celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from...

A new, updated edition including new speeches from Queen Elizabeth II and John Boyega in the year 2020.This collection of extraordinary speeches ranges from ancient times to the twenty-first century....

'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' EconomistIt was history's...

En une centaine de lettres poétiques, scandaleuses, inspirantes, drôles, érotiquesou déchirantes, signées de personnages illustres de l’Égypte antique à nos jours, Simon Sebag Montefiore, émérite historien...

Com fatos tão impressionantes quanto a ficção, O mundo captura toda a história humana através daquilo que todos temos em comum: as famílias. Do autor de Os Románov.Há cerca de 950 mil anos, cinco pessoas...

Do autor dos best-sellers Jerusalém, Stálin e Os Románov, a história de amor entre uma das maiores imperatrizes de todos os tempos e um oficial de seu exército.Uma das maiores monarcas de todos os tempos,...

PASSION ET POUVOIR À LA COUR DE RUSSIE. La Grande Catherine, impératrice de toutes les Russies, est une femme connue pour sa fougue, son génie politique et son charme fascinant. Elle gouverne aux côtés...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman,...

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman,...

In the bestselling tradition of Doctor Zhivago and Sophie's Choice, a sweeping epic of Russia from the last days of the Tsars to today's age of oligarchs -- by the prizewinning author of Young Stalin....

Bestselling author and master storyteller Simon Sebag Montefiore's gripping, moving and highly acclaimed novels of love and war, betrayal, espionage and terror - gathered here for the first time in one...

'Intricate, fast moving . . . by the time I finally put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' The TimesWinter, 1916. In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution....

‘An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good’ Dan Snow'The black earth was already baking and the sun was just rising when they mounted their horses and rode across...

Winner of the Political Fiction Book of the Year 2014.By the author of the world-wide bestsellers, Jerusalem, and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, and based on a true story, a heart-breaking, addictively...

Voici l’histoire de la dynastie des Romanov, avec ses tsars et tsarines, personnages tonitruants, autocrates-nés touchés par le génie ou la folie.Cette captivante épopée, foisonnante d’anecdotes, raconte...

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they...

THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from...

Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the YearLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson PrizeThis thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power...

Mais de 170 pequenas biografias dos heróis e vilões que fizeram a história do nosso mundo, pela mão do prestigiado autor, Simon Sebag Montefiore.Rainhas, imperatrizes e atrizes, reis, sultões e conquistadores,...

Uma história da humanidade de uma perspetiva global e completamente nova: através das famílias que moldaram o nosso mundo.Do mestre contador de histórias e autor best-seller Simon Sebag Montefiore, a...

Winner of the Costa Biography AwardWhat makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here...

Thoroughly updated and revised for 2024, JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY is the history of the Middle East through the lens of the Holy City and the Holy Land, from King David to the wars and chaos of today....