by Simon Sebag-Montefiore · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781842124383
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«Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin» is the biography of Grigori Potemkin by Simon Sebag-Montefiore (Orion, paperback, 656 pages, in English).
Grigori Potemkin, a young guardsman, caught the attention of Catherine the Great during the coup that brought her to the throne; he later became her lover, co-ruler and secret husband. This biography recounts his career as a statesman, his role in the expansion of the Russian empire and the relationship he maintained with the tsarina.
The book was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction in 2001. A work of history and biography about eighteenth-century Russia.
For those interested in Russian history, the court of Catherine the Great and biographies of eighteenth-century figures.
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).
