Simon Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter, and author. He has written numerous history books and novels that examine major historical subjects through narrative and biographical approaches. Among his notable works are Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, published in 2003, which offers an account of Stalin's inner circle and rule. Jerusalem: The Biography, released in 2011, traces the history of the city. The Romanovs: 1613–1918, published in 2016, covers the Russian imperial dynasty across three centuries. More recently, he published The World: A Family History of Humanity in 2022, which takes a broad approach to human history.