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Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and
The book is so readable because it brings Catherine alive, and not least in her relations with the men she drew to her side -- relations far more historically
1 Apr 2006 ONE of Europe's few monarchs to be accorded the epithet 'Great', Catherine II, Empress of All the Russias has become a woman of legend.
22 Jan 2008 From the acclaimed author of Grandes Horizontales comes a book that the Washington Post calls "a vivid portrait of a sensual and intellectual
22 Jan 2008 The Paperback of the Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power by “The book is so readable because it brings Catherine alive, and not least
1 Apr 2006 Catherine the Great: Love, Sex and Power, by Virginia Rounding (592pp, Hutchinson, ?20). On August 8 1768, William Richardson, tutor to the
30 Mar 2006 The most striking thing about the Empress Catherine II, who ruled Russia for 34 years after overthrowing her husband in a coup, is that she
From the acclaimed author of Grandes Horizontales comes a book that the Washington Post calls "a vivid portrait of a sensual and intellectual woman.".
The sub-title of this biography of Catherine the Great of Russia, "Love, Sex and Power," pretty much sums up the whole book. If one is looking for a biography of

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