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Simon Mayo Drivetime: Simon Sebag Montefiore

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25/01/2016

Simon Sebag Montefiore

BBC Radio 2 - Simon Mayo Drivetime, Simon Sebag Montefiore

Author Simon Sebag Montefiore talks to Simon about his new book The Romanovs.

Live in the studio author Simon Sebag Montefiore. Simon is a bestselling historian and novelist, whose books have been published in over forty languages and his latest offering 'The Romanovs' is an absolute monster (bigger than War and Peace).

The Romanovs is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, touched by genius and madness, inspired by holy autocracy, tainted by remorseless killing and sexual decadence. Montefiore's family chronicle reveals a secret world of unlimited power, ruthless empire-building and palace conspiracy, with a global cast of tyrants, poets and adventuresses - from Ivan the Terrible to Lenin, Tolstoy to Lincoln, and the Kaiser to Queen Victoria.

Also there's Matt with the Sport, Bobby with the travel, a confession, All Request Rollover, Homework and top quality music to get you through.

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