{"product_id":"the-romanovs-the-story-of-russia-and-its-empire-1613-1918-9781474600873","title":"The Romanovs: The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe internationally bestselling epic history of Russia's imperial dynasty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance, and peopled by a cast of adventurers, courtesans, revolutionaries and poets. Written with dazzling literary flair, drawing on new archival research, THE ROMANOVS is at once an enthralling chronicle of triumph and tragedy, love and death, a universal study of power, and an essential portrait of the empire that still defines Russia today.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781474600873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 11 Apr 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.7(H)x13.1(L)x4.5(W)586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 586\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling author and historian whose prize-winning books have been published in forty-eight languages.  \u003ci\u003eCatherine the Great and Potemkin\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. \u003ci\u003eStalin: The Court of the Red Tsar\u003c\/i\u003e won the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Prize\u003ci\u003e. Young Stalin\u003c\/i\u003e won the Costa Biography Award (UK), the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography (USA), the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique (France), and the Kreisky Prize (Austria). \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: The Biography - A History of the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e was a number one \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) bestseller, a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council (US) and the Wenjin Book Prize of the National Library of China (People's Republic of China).  \u003ci\u003eThe Romanovs: 1613-1918\u003c\/i\u003e won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize (Italy); and \u003ci\u003eThe World: A Family History\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNYTimes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller,  was named \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e History Book of the Year.  In 2025, he was awarded the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize (Canada) for \"his body of work in humanity and history.'  He is also the author of the Moscow Trilogy of novels: \u003ci\u003eSashenka, Red Sky at Noon \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e One Night in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Paddy Power Political Novel of the Year Prize. He read history at Gonville \u0026amp; Caius College, Cambridge University where he received his PhD.  He is the presenter of five history series for the BBC and many of his books are being developed for movies or drama series.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eEpic history on the grandest scale ... GAME OF THRONES seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison - FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWonderfully compelling and insightful ... The author has already written excellent books on Catherine the Great and Stalin. This one is even better, combining as it does his expert knowledge of Russian history with the narrative wizardry displayed in his previous bestseller, JERUSALEM - EVENING STANDARD\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary and gripping tale ... By turns horrific, hilarious and moving, but ultimately tragic, this is essential reading for anyone interested in Russia - THE SPECTATOR\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaptivating ... The story of the Romanovs has been told countless times but never with such a compelling combination of literary flair, narrative drive, solid research and psychological insight - LITERARY REVIEW","brand":"Simon Sebag Montefiore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48752444539097,"sku":"9781474600873","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/81PmvQoORpL._SL1500_0f5b26ae-6643-4c8c-aa76-537fbe170a65.jpg?v=1779889603","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-romanovs-the-story-of-russia-and-its-empire-1613-1918-9781474600873","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}