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

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

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

A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.--Newsweek

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. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence Journal

Robert 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. Catherine's 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.

Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and went to Yale University to study American history and Oxford University to study European history as a Rhodes Scholar. From 1987 to 1991, he served as President of the Writers Guild. Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he received a Pulitzer Prize for biography), The Romanovs: The Last Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman are among his works.

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ISBN 13	9780679456728
ISBN 10	0679456724
Title	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Author	Robert K Massie
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-11-08
Number of pages	656
Prizes	Winner of Literary Award (Biography) 2012, Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence (Nonfiction) 2012, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2011, Commended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2012
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