Catherine the Great : portrait of a woman /
Robert K. Massie.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Random House, c2011.
- xiii, 625 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-579) and index.
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
Empresses--Russia--Biography.
Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography. Russia--History--Catherine II, 1762-1796.