Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Catherine the Great’s lover, secret husband and partner in the Russian empire, this biography restores Potemkin to his place as a colossus of the eighteenth century.  Simon Sebag Montefiore illustrates the life of ‘the one-eyed giant’, a gifted statesman, seducer of women and favourite of Catherine.