Catherine The Great. Portrait Of A Woman

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Random House Trade
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 625 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers 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 Prizewinning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.— NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Vogue, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence JournalRobert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherines family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life.

ISBN: 9780345408778