--- title: Simon Sebag-Montefiore | TIME description: Sebag-Montefiore is the bestselling author of many books, including Jerusalem and The Romanovs. His new book is The World: A Family History of Humanity canonical: https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Simon Sebag-Montefiore ## Simon Sebag-Montefiore Sebag-Montefiore is the bestselling author of many books, including [Jerusalem](https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Biography-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280500) and [The Romanovs](https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307266524/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?keywords=montefiore+romanovs&qid=1684421034&s=books&sprefix=montefiore+roma%2Cstripbooks%2C74&sr=1-1). His new book is [The World: A Family History of Humanity ](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646495/the-world-by-simon-sebag-montefiore/) ## Simon Sebag-Montefiore *  Aug 24, 2023 ### [What Prigozhin's Death Reveals About Putin's Power](https://time.com/6308185/yevgeny-prigozhin-death-vladimir-putins-power/) With the likely killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin reasserted his power, but Russian history offers... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 18, 2023 ### [Why Putin Is Right to Fear for His Life](https://time.com/6280869/vladimir-putin-russia-assassination/) Vladimir Putin knows all too well the history of how tsars and dictators die. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/","name":"Simon Sebag-Montefiore"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/"},"name":"Simon Sebag-Montefiore","jobTitle":null,"description":"Sebag-Montefiore is the bestselling author of many books, including Jerusalem and The Romanovs. His new book is The World: A Family History of Humanity","url":"https://time.com/author/simon-sebag-montefiore/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```