Description: Previously published by Vintage Books in 2005; originally published in London by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2000 and in New York by Thomas Dunne Books in 2001.
Review Quotes: "One of the great love stories of history...Excellent with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair." --The Economist
"Montefiore conveys [Russian] history with vivid detail and narrative momentum...Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures--and of the age as well." --The Wall Street Journal "Biography in the grand tradition...Riveting...The author [is] a gifted storyteller." --The Washington Post "Monumental...Meticulously researched...Dizzily panoramic." --The New York Times Book Review