Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert Massie tells the story of Catherine the Great, an obscure young German princess who rose to become the Empress of Russia, one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Massie’s biography Catherine the Great tells the story of her life and legacy.
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Comments [7]
Massie's book is dreadful: wretchedly researched and i9neptly written, totally unoriginal, he doesn't even read
Russian .Cn you believe it! He's lost it at 82 and looks defeted on screen.
the hype for this atrocity is tuly revolting! Hwe qs awful 9n
chrlie
rose a few weeks ago. Yet he thinks he's protecting our morals by not mentioni8ng the salacious stories about her sexuality, unaware that these have been all over the Internet (ever herd of that,
bob?) for at least two decades! He's lost it at 82, if he ver had it. Whoever gave him a Pulitzer prize needs their head examined! Sd, pathetic, forgettable!
Not history, but BEAUTIFUL and fun - not the junk you see today.
Marlene Dietrich in "The Scarlet Empress".
Crime prevention sounds very enlightened, but what methods did she favor? What ideas were accepted at the time about what would prevent crime?
Her husband might have had good reason to fear surgery. What was the state of infection prevention at the time?
Elizabeth was on the throne? Doesn't he mean Victoria?
Can your guest talk about her role in regards to the Volga Germans?
I so enjoyed Massie's Peter the Great, I read it twice!
What an adventure story. I am looking forward to Catherine the Great.
Great people, great reads!
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