Read Online Catherine the Great Portrait of a Woman [PDF EBOOK EPUB KINDLE]

Read Online Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman [PDF EBOOK EPUB KINDLE]
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Catherine the Great:
Portrait of a Woman
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“Enthralling.―—USA Today  “Gripping.―—The New York Times Book Review Â
“Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman has it all: jealous mothers, indulgent eccentrics,
greedy social climbers, intrigue, infidelity, murder, political coups, sex, war and
passion.―—Bookreporter  “Exhaustively researched and dramatically narrated.―—The
Boston Globe  “[Robert K. Massie] brings great authority to this sweeping account of
Catherine and her times. . . . a compelling read.―—The Washington Post  “Meticulously,
dramatically rendered.―—O: The Oprah Magazine  “Reads like an epic Russian
novel.―—San Antonio Express-News  “Will transport history lovers.―—People Â
“Massie makes Catherineâ€s story dramatic and immediate.―—The Kansas City Star Â
“Graceful and engrossing.―—Minneapolis Star Tribune  “A biography as captivating as
its subject.―—MacLeanâ€s Read more Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky,
and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a
Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His previous books
include Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer
Prize for biography), The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the
Coming of the Great War, and Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great
War at Sea. Read more See all Editorial Reviews