Great Lovers, Leaders, Statesmen
Simon Sebag Montefiore imagines dinner with Catherine the Great, Prince Potemkin and Stalin.
Simon Montefiore
History and Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore considers the issues involved in writing the biography of one of history’s monsters.
Prince Potemkin and the Benthams
Simon Sebag Montefiore describes an unlikely project to create an English village in Belorussia involving Catherine the Great’s lover and the philosopher Jeremy Bentham and his brother.