I enjoyed this book a lot: it’s an entertaining and accessible biography that is nevertheless serious and thorough, and with a fascinating subject to boot. Born a princess in a tiny German principality in the early 18th century, Catherine (actually named Sophia, until the then-Empress of Russia rena...
**UPDATE: I originally was going to DNF this. I wrote a review and everything. But then I ended up finishing. As it turns out, my opinion about the book remains essentially unchanged, so the new review just has a few edits. Catherine the Great has to be one of the most fascinating women of hist...
Robert K. Massie makes Catherine the Great come to life as he traces her beginnings as the German Princess Sophia to her ending as Russian Empress Catherine II. He demonstrates their personalities through their actions as he describes their reactions to the circumstances around them.The story itself...
Robert K. Massie makes Catherine the Great come to life as he traces her beginnings as the German Princess Sophia to her ending as Russian Empress Catherine II. He demonstrates their personalities through their actions as he describes their reactions to the circumstances around them.The story itself...
bookshelves: published-2011, summer-2013, tbr-busting-2013, biography, slavic, nonfiction, lifestyles-deathstyles, history, epic-proportions, families Read from August 26 to 27, 2013 Slightly prefer this more erudite approach of Massie over Rounding's tome on the same subject. I overdosed marath...
fraudio>rosado>mp3non fic> hist> russiansummer 2013> tbr busting 2013Slightly prefer this more erudite approach of Massie over Rounding's tome on the same subject. I overdosed marathoned on this for nigh on a day. Excellent, yet the history it describes is so cruel.4* Nicholas and Alexandra 5* Cath...
A couple of years ago, I discovered my love for learning more about powerful women in history. Soon after listening to the audio of Cleopatra, I picked up the audio of Marie Antoinette. I loved both of them, though I found Marie Antoinette a bit easier to take in. The crazy thing about all this is t...
I was surprised how interesting I found this book to be. I had no particular interest in Catherine the Great and the only reason I read it was to reinforce my knowledge of history in preparation for a trip to Europe to trace the route of my wife’s ancestors' migrations. Their movements included a nu...
I generaly do not read biographies. While I love history and learning, I ofter find biographies to be a retelling of facts and boring. But Catherine the Great has also interested me and after seeing this biography on numerous must read lists I decided to give it a shot.I am so glad I gave this book ...
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