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Thoroughly updated and revised, 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. The history of Jerusalem is the story of the world: Jerusalem…
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in…
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 lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty…
'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' Economist It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual…
The black earth was already baking and the sun was just rising when they mounted their horses and rode across the grasslands towards the horizon on fire...". Imprisoned in the Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a penal battalion…
A collection of history's greatest speeches, with commentary from internationally bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore
The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world. Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilisations. How did this small, remote…
A collection of history's greatest speeches, with commentary from internationally bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Updated with new speeches from John Boyega, Queen Elizabeth II and others.
The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a fresh and original history of humanity, unlike any previous world history: it uses family, the one thing all humans have in common, to tell the story. It is genuinely global, spanning all eras and all continents,…
Jeruzalém je považován za jedno z nejdůležitějších měst v celých dějinách lidstva. V průběhu tří tisíciletí byl několikrát zničen a vždy znovu postaven, platil za cennou trofej dobyvačných válek, mnohdy určoval směr vývoje společnosti a dnes opět hraje…
Stalin – stejně jako Hitler – zůstává zosobněním zla, ale také jedním z tvůrců dnešního světa. V jeho poutavém životopisu, který můžeme zároveň směle nazývat strhujícím thrillerem, odhaluje Simon Sebag Montefiore temnou dobrodružnou pouť, která dovedla…
Kniha je prehliadkou najväčších príbehov o odvahe a úspechu v dejinách ľudstva od staroveku až po 21. storočie. Historik Simon Sebag Montefiore, autor niekoľkých svetových bestsellerov, napríklad úspešného titulu Beštie – Najkrutejšie postavy dejín,…
Čo je zlo? Aké môže mať podoby? Ktoré osobnosti sa do dejín zapísali ako najukrutnejšie a prečo?
Gripping storytelling allied with intimate, unsqueamish knowledge of Russian history - a special combination.' - AD Miller, author of Snowdrops'The gripping final instalment of the Moscow Trilogy tells of a man wrongly imprisoned in the Gulags and his…
ROMANOVOVCI boli najúspešnejším panovníckym rodom moderných čias. Vládli na šestine územia sveta. Ako dokázala jedna rodina zmeniť vojnou zničené kniežatstvo na najväčšiu svetovú ríšu? A ako mohla o ňu prísť? Ponúkame podrobný príbeh dvadsiatich cárov…
Proslovy a příběhy, jež tvořily historii. Předmluva Simon Sebag Montefiore. První významné a zaznamenané projevy jsou spojeny s biblickým obdobím. Čtenář má možnost přenést se na Sinaj, kde Mojžíš předložil Židům desatero božích přikázání nebo prožít…
The internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial dynasty
The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying and inspiring characters that everyone should know
A collection of the greatest letters in history, charting world-shaping events and revealing the unique personalities of some of history's most famous figures
WRITTEN 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 ancient times to the twenty-first century: some are noble and inspiring,…