![]() ![]() ![]() But her story is not a simplistic psycho-drama, it’s populated with complicated characters, shifting political agendas (both domestic and foreign), and colored with the burgeoning philosophies of the Age of Enlightenment. He also shows her craving for love and approval denied in childhood and in her marriage. Massie shows her towering intellect, force of personality, and steely resolve from an early age. To say Catherine is a fascinating character is to do her a disservice. The lovers were real, but few there was no mention of the horse and the Garbo movie turned out to be about Queen Christina of Sweden who lived a century earlier. I had hazy memories of multiple lovers, a (possible) scandal about her and a horse, and a movie starring Greta Garbo. ![]() My knowledge of Catherine the Great was vague to the point of mythical. Massie delivers a wonderfully researched and readable book. “The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.” “Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman” by Robert K. ![]()
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