ADAM ZAMOYSKI is the author of over a dozen books on key figures and aspects of European history, among them 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow and its sequel Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, both Sunday Times bestsellers. His books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Persian as well as most of the European languages. He lives in London and Poland, and is married to the painter Emma Sergeant.