Simon Sebag Montefiore
Autor/a de Jerusalem: The Biography
Sobre l'autor
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore was born on June 27, 1965 in London. He is a British historian, award winning author of history books and novels and television presenter. He was educated at Ludgrove School and Harrow School. He read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he received mostra'n més his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). He won an Exhibition to Caius College. He went on to work as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, and a war correspondent. Montefiore's first book Catherine the Great & Potemkin. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won History Book of the Year at the 2004 British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Book Award, the Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Literature, and Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique. Jerusalem: The Biography was a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council. His latest history is The Romanovs: 1613-1918. He is also the author of the acclaimed novels Sashenka and One Night in Winter. One Night in Winter won the Political Novel of the Year Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Simon Sebag Montefiore
Jerusalém - A biografia - volume I 2 exemplars
Jerusalém - A biografia - volume III 2 exemplars
Jerusalém - A biografia - volume VI 2 exemplars
Jerusalém - A biografia - volume V 2 exemplars
Jerusalém - A biografia - volume IV 2 exemplars
Estaline - A Corte do Czar Vermelho - Vol. VI 1 exemplars
Simon Sebag Montefiore Collection 3 Books Set (The Romanovs 1613-1918, Stalin The Court of the Red Tsar, Jerusalem The… (2020) 1 exemplars
Jerusalém, A Biografia - Vol. II (Jerusalém, #2) 1 exemplars
Estaline, A Corte do Czar Vermelho, Vol. IV 1 exemplars
Obres associades
What Might Have Been : Leading Historians on Twelve 'What Ifs' of History (2004) — Col·laborador — 184 exemplars
Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits (2006) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 31 exemplars
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- Nom oficial
- Montefiore, Simon Jonathan Sebag
- Data de naixement
- 1965-06-27
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Engeland
- Lloc de naixement
- Londen, Engeland
- Llocs de residència
- Londen, Engeland
- Educació
- Harrow School
University of Cambridge (Gonville & Caius) - Professions
- Schrijver
Televisiepresentator
Historicus
Journalist - Relacions
- Montefiore, Santa (Echtgenote)
Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh (Broer)
Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara (Schoonzuster)
Montefiore, Moses Haim (Voorouders)
Montefiore, Judith (Voorouders)
Sebag Montefiore, Harold Henry (Oom) (mostra-les totes 7)
Montefiore, Hugh (Oom) - Organitzacions
- University of Buckingham
- Premis i honors
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Biografia breu
- Simon Sebag Montefiore was born in London. His brother Hugh Sebag-Montefiore is also a writer. Simon was educated at Harrow School and read history at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, where he received his doctoral degree in philosophy. He has worked as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, and a war correspondent covering the fall of the Soviet Union. His debut novel, King's Parade, was published in 1991.
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- Obres
- 55
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 10,475
- Popularitat
- #2,271
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 202
- ISBN
- 496
- Llengües
- 27
- Preferit
- 13