Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie festive brings alive the human reality

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Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie festive brings alive the human realityFrom the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Peter the Great and Nicholas and Alexandra, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. 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