5/12/2023 0 Comments Catherine the great book massie![]() ![]() For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. ![]() ![]() Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence Journal ONE OF ESQUIRE'S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Vogue, St. " compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman."- Newsweek Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An "absorbing" ( Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history-from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs ![]()
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