Simon Sebag Montefiore, "The Romanovs"

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His latest book, The Romanovs, draws on newly available archival material to chronicle three centuries of Romanov rule; profiling leaders such as Catherine the Great, Alexander II, Nicholas II, as well as their more obscure-but no less colorful-relatives and advisors, Montefiore vividly portrays the dynamics of court life and the complexities of dynastic politics.
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[B T]

What a wonderful talk. Thoughtful, gracious, always interesting. He is a great historian and it was wonderful to see him informally speak. Thank you so much PP for this posting. Too bad about that guy on the right! Thank god the camera man avoided him as much as possible. Bad vibes! You might want to keep the front sides clear if you use that space again!

[Olle]

Thats the best introducer of a speaker ive ever seen. Great job guy

[Valar]

He's quite funny. You absolutely need a sense of humour when talking about batshit crazy assholes. He said in another video that when he was writing his book on Stalin he had horrible nightmares about being tortured and beaten. Jesus Christ! Like the canvas jacket too lol

[Susan Craik]

how do they know what took place at the execution of the family? were there accounts written from the death squad or guards? I just finished the Docu-movie The Last Czars, which Simon narrates parts of and now understand that Russia has always had autocracy.

[Richard Cheatham]

Having gotten into the study of Russia during the pandemic, I found Simon's and Anne Applebaum videos to be top shelf. This one, though, with its sub-standard acoustics is more of a challenge. Too, I'm hoping Simon will tackle the topic of the Silver Age poets (Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Brodsky, et al.) if he feels inclined to do so.

[Valar]

He must be highly in demand right now.

[GlobetrotterBR]

Pity the audio is awful.

[Keith Roberts]

Such a privilege to listen to Simon's review of his own masterpiece of writing, Spoiled by the awful PA!! Shame!!

[Paul Brady]

Very interesting talk but the sound is very poor, considering Mr. Montefiore has a mic in his hand throughout.

[YO3A007]

How prescient with us on the brink of WWIII

[Paul Leverton]

There's less people than at CPAC 2023.

[Mr. Allen]

Very poor audio....hard to understand.

[The 80's Wolf]

Teabag the grifter

[Gayatri Mehta]

3:20

[Robert Gray]

Terrible sound. Echoey.

[Светлана Одинцова]

Изучать русскую историю по книгам англосаксов - последнее дело.. ни одной буквы правды.

[Angle kick]

Nicholas II - ditched Russia, with his useless rule, and naturally went to hell, to his ancestors - torturers of human souls! Being a sorcerer and a fool, with his own kind, he is cursed forever by God the Father!)))

[Valar]

They had access to the same sources you do. Many Russian historians say similar things. And remember, people are very interested in Russia for reasons other than today's politics. It's just a really fascinating country.

[Aleksandar Marinković]

I read a book, completely rubbish. A Russophobic book from the first to the last page.

[Valar]

@Aleksandar Marinković Hopefully you read more than one book ;)

[Aleksandar Marinković]

@Valar I have read enough books to recognise rubbish.

[Angle kick]

Nicholas II - ditched Russia, with his useless rule, and naturally went to hell, to his ancestors - torturers of human souls! Being a sorcerer and a fool, with his own kind, he is cursed forever by God the Father!)))