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...

A new edition of Montefiore's novel, set in St Petersburg in 1916. Published to tie in with the paperback edition of "One Night In Winter", which features some of the same characters as "Sashenka". Montefiore is a high profile historian...

Die Romanows von Sebag Montefiore, Simon

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...