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Great Catherine

The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

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Great Catherine

By: Carolly Erickson
Narrated by: Davina Porter
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Prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson has created an eminently readable biography that recognizes the humanity of Great Catherine—Empress of Russia—with her majesty and immense capability. Dispelling some of the myths surrounding her voracious sexual appetite, the biographer portrays Catherine as a lonely woman far ahead of her time—achieving greatness in an era when women were executed on a husband’s whim.

©1994 Carolly Erickson (P)1995 Recorded Books, LLC Historical Politics & Activism Royalty Russia Women World
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thoroughly enjoyed this, the reader is excellant in every way. I'm not terribly familiar with Catherine's history, so can't comment on use of facts etc but it is written in a very easy mode, conversational rather than a lecture!

very entertaining!

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boring, repetitive, reads like a collage of notes gathered from history books. The. reader: up jolly voice: oh here comes a happy bit: gloomy voice; oh, more misery.

a truly dreadful book

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