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- Paperback Nov 14, 2017 | 9781474606462 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 18, 2018 | 9781409187806 | RRP $55.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Nov 14, 2017 | 9781474606462 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 18, 2018 | 9781409187806 | RRP $55.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 14, 2017 | 9781474606479 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Nov 14, 2017 | 9781474606462 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 18, 2018 | 9781409187806 | RRP $55.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 14, 2017 | 9781474606479 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Dec 20, 2006 | 9781780873558 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The history of the world told through the entertaining, horrifying and inspiring characters that everyone should know
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 Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan - lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, but they also formed our world and will shape our future. In this eclectic and surprising collection of short and entertaining life stories, Simon Sebag Montefiore introduces his choice of kings, empresses, sultans and conquerors, as well as prophets, explorers, artists, actresses, courtesans and psychopaths. From the ancient times, via crusades and world wars, up to the 21st century, this accessible history introduces readers to the titans who changed the world: the characters we should all know, and the stories we should never forget.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore is the internationally bestselling author of prize-winning books that have been published in forty-eight languages. CATHERINE THE GREAT & POTEMKIN was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR won History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards; YOUNG STALIN won the Costa Biography Award, the LA Times Book Prize for Biography, the Kreisky Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique; JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY won the JBC Book of the Year Prize and the Wenjin Book Prize in China; THE ROMANOVS: 1613-1918 won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize. He is the author of the Moscow Trilogy of novels: SASHENKA, RED SKY AT NOON and ONE NIGHT IN WINTER, which won the Political Fiction Book of the Year Award. He is also the author of WRITTEN IN HISTORY: LETTERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD and VOICES OF HISTORY: SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD.
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