The 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?
This 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.
Über den Autor Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore, geboren 1965, britischer Historiker und Journalist, studierte Geschichte an der Universität Cambridge und promovierte in Philosophie. Montefiore verfasste mehrerer preisgekrönte Weltbestseller, die mittlerweile in 48 Sprachen übersetzt sind: 'Die Romanows', 'Jerusalem: die Biografie', 'Stalin. Am Hof des roten Zaren' und 'Die Welt. Eine Familiengeschichte der Menschheit'.