RaveThe Telegraph (UK)Leading historian Simon Sebag Montefiore provides a masterful survey of the political rivalries and personal vendettas that have shaped this region ... Written with pace and verve ... Essential reading.
Alexei Navalny
PositiveThe Telegraph (UK)\"The first half of Patriot – compelling, impressive, only occasionally a mite self-indulgent – gives us a standard memoiristic account of Navalny’s political development ... The second half concentrates on the meticulous diaries Navalny manages to keep during his incarceration, a remarkable achievement given the brutal conditions in which he’s often held. There’s a deep pathos to this part of the book: the reader knows how his anti-Putin stand will end.\
