Simon Sebag Montefiore
Historian, novelist and broadcaster
Simon Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, broadcaster and novelist whose books have been published in 48 languages.
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British Born 1965 in London, United Kingdom
About Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore was born in 1965 and studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he earned a doctorate. His writing covers both non-fiction and fiction. His titles include Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar and The World: A Family History of Humanity, along with the Moscow Trilogy of novels. Jerusalem follows the Holy City and the wider region from prehistory to 2020, and has sold over a million copies internationally. The Romanovs tells the story of the Russian Empire from 1613 to 1918. Written in History is an anthology of letters that he curated. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has presented BBC television series on cities including Jerusalem, Rome and Vienna. Knopf brought out his 2026 history of the modern Near East, The Cauldron.