The romanovs: 1613-1918

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Sinopse

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.

Participantes

Autor: Simon Sebag Montefiore

Autor

SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

Simon Sebag Montefiore (Londres,1965) é um escritor e jornalista publicado em 48 línguas e especializado em história da Rússia. É autor de Stálin: a corte do czar vermelho (2006); O jovem Stálin (2008); Os Románov (2016); e Catarina, a Grande & Potemkin (2018). Seus livros receberam prêmios como o de livro de história do ano concedido pelo British Book Awards e o Costa Biography Award, ambos no Reino Unido, e o Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique, na França. É coautor da série de livros infantis Royal Rabbits of London. Algumas de suas obras estão sendo adaptadas para a TV e o cinema. Fez doutorado em Cambrige e é membro da Royal Society of Literature.