Due to the Limerick boycott in 1904, her father Henry Jaffé left the country and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
They bought tickets for New York City, but were cheated, being instead dropped off at Cork, Ireland. Her parents fled the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. Simon's mother was Phyllis April Jaffé (1927–2019) from the Lithuanian branch of the Jaffe family. His father was psychotherapist Stephen Eric Sebag Montefiore (1926–2014), a great-grandson of the banker Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore, the nephew and heir of the wealthy philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore, considered by some "the most important Jew of the 19th century". Simon Sebag Montefiore was born in London.
Including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women (2008), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), among others. but also because they emerge in these pages as surprisingly normal.Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore ( / ˌ s aɪ m ən ˌ s iː b æ ɡ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ f i ˈ ɔː r i/ born 27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of popular history books and novels, emerges from this book as a contradictory, creepily flesh-and-blood human being." - "The New York Times" " Unprecedented in its intimacy and horrifying in its implications, not merely because it shows that the engineers of one of history' s greatest holocausts were depraved. A dark and excellent book." - "The New York Review of Books" " A harrowing portrait of life in the dictator' s inner circle. Disturbing and perplexing." - Richard Pipes, "The New York Times Book Review" " Superb. Deeply researched, wonderfully readable." - "Time" " The first intimate portrait of a man who had more lives on his conscience than Hitler. but also because they emerge in these pages as surprisingly normal." The Washington Post Book World, " Terrific.
emerges from this book as a contradictory, creepily flesh-and-blood human being." The New York Times "Unprecedented in its intimacy and horrifying in its implications, not merely because it shows that the engineers of one of history's greatest holocausts were depraved. A dark and excellent book." The New York Review of Books "A harrowing portrait of life in the dictator's inner circle. Disturbing and perplexing." Richard Pipes, The New York Times Book Review "Superb. Deeply researched, wonderfully readable." Time "The first intimate portrait of a man who had more lives on his conscience than Hitler.
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