Name: Catherine the Great By John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)
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Catherine the Great Summary

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine's private and public life generated tremendous contemporary controversy, and she has subsequently been portrayed variously as a political genius, a despotic foreign adventuress, a tyrant, and a nymphomaniac. Drawing on little-known sources, including Catherine's billets doux , John Alexander has produced a much-needed balanced appraisal and popular biography of one of the most powerful, infamous, and colourful figures in modern history.

Catherine the Great Reviews

`Alexander demonstrates that he posesses two important skills which enable him to address a popular readership: the ability to tell a good story well and an understanding of the effective use of descriptive contemporary accounts and interesting detail to enliven the text. An academic readership will also find this study of value' Slavonic Review
'a balanced, comprehensive portrait of the woman whom custom calls "the Great", whom gossip painted as scarlet, but whom Diderot described probably accurately as "the soul of Brutus in the body of "Cleaopatra"' Sunday Times
`Alexander's biography is the best there is and likely to remain so' Times Literary Supplement
`a serious and highly readable work' Times Higher Education Supplement
'this is a serious and highly readable work, which draws on a wealth of published sources, notably Catherine's own voluminous writings' Lindsey Hughes, University of London, THES
'A very well researched book that's also very readable' Scottish Home and Country
'one of the most comprehensive studies of this woman written in modern times ... Well worth buying.' Irish Independent
'an excellent analysis of the historical context in which she cut such a flamboyant figure' Saturday Magazine
'Catherine the Great: Life and Legend 's principal service to the scholar is to trace the chronology of Catherine's reign in unparalleled detail ... a perceptive biography.' Scottish Slavonic Review, No. 17

About John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Professor of History at the University of Kansas

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GOR001827132

ISBN 13

9780195061628

ISBN 10

0195061624

Title

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Author

John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year published

1990-04-05

Number of pages

432

Prizes

Winner of Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Award (USA).

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Catherine the Great John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

Catherine the Great by John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

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Catherine the Great Summary

Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

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About John T. Alexander (Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies at the University of Kansas)

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