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Catherine the Great and Potemkin
Power, Love and the Russian Empire
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The epic bestselling biography of Catherine the Great and Prince Potemkin, her outrageous lover and co-ruler
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'One of the great love stories of history, in a league with Napoleon and Josephine, and Antony and Cleopatra ... Excellent, with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair' Economist
It was history's most successful political partnership— as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin—wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented—was the love of her life and her co-ruler.
Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, defining the Russian empire to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving Potemkin free to love his beautiful nieces, and Catherine her young male favourites. But these 'twin souls' never stopped loving each other.
Drawing on their intimate letters and vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore's enthralling, widely acclaimed biography, Catherine the Great and Potemkin, restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore's work on Catherine the Great and Potemkin is acclaimed for its detailed and lively depiction of one of history's great romances, drawing comparisons to iconic pairs like Napoleon and Josephine. The book marries thorough research with engaging storytelling, capturing Potemkin’s vibrant character and the intricate political maneuvers of the Russian court. Reviewers praise Montefiore's ability to explain complex historical contexts with ease and note his skill in portraying the personal dynamics of the couple’s relationship.
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ISBN: 9781474614832
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 September 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Illustration: 3 plate sections
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 640
About the Author
Simon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling author and historian whose prize-winning books have been published in forty-eight languages. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the British Book Awards History Book of the Year Prize. Young Stalin won the Costa Biography Award (UK), the LA Times Book Prize for Biography (USA), the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique (France), and the Kreisky Prize (Austria). Jerusalem: The Biography - A History of the Middle East was a number one Sunday Times (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). The Romanovs: 1613-1918 won the Lupicaia del Terriccio Book Prize (Italy); and The World: A Family History, a NYTimes and Sunday Times bestseller, was named The Times 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: Sashenka, Red Sky at Noon and One Night in Winter, which won the Paddy Power Political Novel of the Year Prize. He read history at Gonville & 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.
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