Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of popular history books and novels. Sebag Montefiore was educated at Ludgrove School and Harrow School where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Harrovian. In the autumn of 1983 he interviewed Margaret Thatcher for The Harrovian. He won an Exhibition to read history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge[6] where he received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). Montefiore worked as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, and a war correspondent covering the conflicts during the fall of the Soviet Union. Montefiore's book Catherine the Great & Potemkin was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Marsh Biography Award. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won History Book of the Year at the 2004 British Book Awards. Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Book Award.