Quotes by : Simon Sebag Montefiore

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

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....

It seems that Russia today—dominated by, and accustomed to, autocracy and empire, and lacking strong....

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....

Greatness needs courage (above all) and willpower, charisma, intelligence and creativity but it also....

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