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As a teenager, I had a weakness for freedom fighters. When Mugabe came to London to negotiate independence, I vanished from home to stand outside his hotel. I was very disappointed that he looked like a dorky teacher.
— Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
journalist, historian, writer, biographer
1965
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels,
including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).