Spanning all eras and all continents, Simon Sebag Montefiore's The World is a history of humanity like no other, told through the stories of family to show the people at the heart of human drama. These are not just the ruling families of old; these are priests, charlatans, artists, scientists, gangsters, lovers, husbands, wives and children. Preorder this epic work of history and storytelling here: https://bit.ly/3rRsVtP | Waterstones

Ao vivo em Lisboa, o historiador e escritor Simon Sebag Montefiore, autor de «Jerusalém», foi o convidado da entrevista «O mundo hoje, não é assim tão simples». Nesta conversa, o autor fala do ataque do Hamas a Israel a 7 de outubro e da guerra que desencadeou em Gaza, considerando que a solução terá de passar por dois estados e por novas lideranças, quer palestiniana quer israelita. Assista ao vídeo completo, já disponível no canal de YouTube da Fundação, aqui: https://youtu.be/pEiF2U7tYtU | Fu

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explains how his latest book, The World: A Family History, almost killed him. #hayfestival2023 | Hay Festival

Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says the West is suffering through a “self-mutilating” psychological decline: “It’s a crisis of self-confidence—a crisis in which people have forgotten that the freedoms and values that they hold were fought for—and those fights were worth joining.” Watch his full conversation with Bari Weiss: https://thefp.pub/40ZALDO | The Free Press