SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

As a young guardsman, Grigory Potemkin caught the eye of Catherine the Great with a theatrical act of gallantry during the coup that placed her on the throne. Over the next thirty years he would become her lover, co-ruler, and husband in a secret marriage that left room for both to satisfy their sexual appetites. Potemkin proved to be one of the...

Inspired by a true story, prize-winning historian and acclaimed novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore...