Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

The Romanovs #2

Robert K. Massie

625 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced

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It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin - wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented ...

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