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angryalgonquin.bsky.social
So glad you’re on Bluesky @ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social!
May 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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billylinehan.bsky.social
Just finished watching the excellent Andor, long read on its connection wjth Josef Stalin
(& @ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social )
#andor
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Andor: How the 'gangster' years of the young Joseph Stalin inspired the gritty Star Wars series
It may be set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but Tony Gilroy's series takes a key plot from a bank heist masterminded by Stalin in 1907.
www.bbc.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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lizdelagarzag.bsky.social
Simon Sebag-Montefiore is here! ssebagmontefiore.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Great to be on blue sky
drcweissenberg.bsky.social Dr C Weissenberg @drcweissenberg.bsky.social · Dec 1

Simon Sebag-Montefiore - now under blue skies!

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Tost town square - a monument and trees in the centre; red-r oofed shops round the sides. My grandparents moved here from Pleß in 1916, to one of the small shops on the square. The shul was in the street behind their shop - burned down in November 1938. At the time Tost was German; it is now in Poland.
May 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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adamopp.bsky.social
I think Simon Sebag Montefiore pretty well nails some of this thinking (which reminds me of earlier left apologia for Stalin and Mao): archive.ph/2023.10.28-0...
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November 1, 2023 at 7:12 PM
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jsm6022a.bsky.social
Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over
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Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over
‘We’re coming out of what I would call the 75-year peace,’ argues the historian. ‘There’s never been a period like this in world history.’
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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tonycomer.bsky.social
I don't usually comment on current events on social media: partly a hangover from not being allowed to, partly because I can't think of a worse medium in which to discuss politics.

But this poem by Clive James retweeted on X by Simon Sebag-Montefiore about Asma Asad is worth breaking the rule for.
Poem by Clive James about Asma Asad.
December 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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deorcmink.bsky.social
Quote from Stalin The Court of The Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Sounds like MAGA to me.
"Party-mindedness" was "an almost mystical concept," explained Kopelev. "The indispensable prerequisites were iron discipline and faithful observance of all the rituals of Party life." As one veteran Communist put it, a Bolshevik was not someone who believed merely in Marxism but "someone who had absolute faith in the Party no matter what ... A person with the ability to adapt his morality and conscience in such a way that he can unreservedly accept the dogma that the Party is never wrong-- even though it's wrong all the time." Stalin did not exaggerate when he boasted: "We Bolsheviks are people of a special cut."
March 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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erika42.bsky.social
I’m slowing making my way through this absolute UNIT of a book. It’s BRILLIANT, although I admit to taking breaks from it to read lighter fare (you know like East of Eden😉, ok and some Jim Butcher Codex Alera too). I’m a little less than a quarter of the way through, and I really recommend it!
A screenshot from Bookshop.org of the cover for The World: A Family History of Humanity by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
February 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
A conflict built on centuries of myth-making

‘Forever wars’ do not exist but bringing peace to the Holy Land is complicated by so much of its history being wilfully misunderstood
Simon Sebag Montefiore

www.thetimes.com/world/israel...
A conflict built on centuries of myth-making
‘Forever wars’ do not exist but bringing peace to the Holy Land is complicated by so much of its history being wilfully misunderstood
www.thetimes.com
September 10, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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andrew.mcguiregis.com
8) "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon Sebag Montefiore

This was a long one, took me almost 3 years on and off to finish it. I had a problem keeping the Russian names straight sometimes, but that's a me issue
October 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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storygroup.bsky.social
Simon Sebag Montefiore - BOTD
💙📚 #LiteratureSky
June 27, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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gvarnold.bsky.social
Pod with insights of both Israeli-Hamaswar AND russian attack on Ukraine, featuring Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Just goes to show you the importance of knowing the background history... world class!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
‎Leading: Simon Sebag Montefiore: The impact of conflicting histories in the Israel-Hamas and Russ...
‎Show Leading, Ep Simon Sebag Montefiore: The impact of conflicting histories in the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars - 26 Nov 2023
podcasts.apple.com
January 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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alanwolk.com
This is a must-read thread from Simon Sebag-Montefiore, the renowned British historian, on Syria. It is long, but worth the read.
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[He is not on BS and the tweets are not linked so no ThreadReader)
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December 8, 2024 at 5:28 PM
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annettekress.bsky.social
Das Buch schildert, wie totalitäre Herrschaft funktioniert. Jede Familie der Hofschranzen war von Stalins Terror betroffen und doch hinderten sie ihn nicht daran oder stürzten ihn.
Buchcover: Simon Sebag Montefiore Stalin Am Hof des roten Zaren
November 18, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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paultempleman.bsky.social
On World Book Day I can recommend a World book by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
March 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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marseule.bsky.social
Poste ein Buch aus deinem Regal. Ob gelesen oder ungelesen, ausgeliehen, geschenkt bekommen oder gekauft, Papier oder Hörbuch oder eBook (bei letzteren Screenshot oder Cover posten).

Beschreibung im Alt-Text.

Es lebe die #Büchervielfalt.

#bücher #regalbuch
#BuchChallenge #germanbooksky
#euleliest
Das heutige Buch: *Jerusalem. Die Biografie* von Simon Sebag Montefiore. Spontan gekauft und noch ungelesen.
April 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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nicklorentzen.bsky.social
Brilliant article about the downfall of Assad by Simon Sebag #Montefiore.
He quotes Clive James poem about Assad’s British born wife Asma:

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...
December 10, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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rruth.bsky.social
An excellent article "The Decolonization Narrative is Dangerous and False" by Simon Sebag Montefiore in The Atlantic. Here's a free link to it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False
It does not accurately describe either the foundation of Israel or the tragedy of the Palestinians.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2023 at 11:31 PM
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cole-august.bsky.social
"Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews, and the rise of global antisemitism."
Sam Harris | #393 - Is History Repeating Itself?
Sam Harris speaks with Simon Sebag Montefiore about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the history of the Jews, and the rise of global antisemitism.
www.samharris.org
November 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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davidbunce.bsky.social
Israel has been in the news a lot for obvious reasons - this masterful history by Simon Sebag Montefiore is both a compelling telling of the city's contested history over the last 3000 plus years, and a plea for some kind of two-state solution
Front cover of Montefiore's "Jerusalem"
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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jeremymingot.bsky.social
Cosmo Jarvis ("Shōgun") jouera le dictateur Joseph Staline dans un futur biopic basé sur livre de Simon Sebag Montefiore "Young Stalin" 🎬

Géla Babluani ("Money") à la réalisation 🎥
May 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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vanfirth.bsky.social
As corroborating evidence I submit the office of author Simon Sebag Montefiore whose recent book The World is genius.
October 25, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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saveredlandlibr.bsky.social
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Ep 3 of 3, The Rebirth of God's City

Simon Sebag Montefiore charts #Rome's rise from the abandonment & neglect of the C14th into the everlasting seat of the papacy recognised today

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Four - Rome: A History of the Eternal City, The Rebirth of God's City
Charting Rome's rise from the neglect of the 14th century into the seat of the papacy.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 7:17 PM