Quotes by : Simon Sebag Montefiore

Power is always personal: any study of a Western democratic leader today reveals that, even in a transparent....

Marx wrote that 'History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.' This was witty but far from....

Jerusalem has a way of disappointing in tormenting both conquerors and visitors. The contrast between....

Stalin was always exceptional, even from childhood. We have relied on Trotsky’s unrecognizably prejudiced....

But to her, libraries were like hotels: secret villages inhabited by passing strangers from a thousand....

The formation of Stalin’s character is particularly important because the nature of his rule was so....

Beneath the eerie calm of these unfathomable waters were deadly whirlpools of ambition, anger and unhappiness.....

The murky world of terrorism is more relevant than ever today: terrorist organizations, whether Bolshevik....

Who is fit to be elected?' asked Napoleon. 'A Caesar, an Alexander only comes along once a century, so....

Lenin and Stalin created the idiosyncratic Soviet system in the image of their ruthless little circle....