Catherine the Great
London: Profile Books Ltd., 2009. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 432 pp.; 9 color, 14 bw plates; 6 bw maps. VG. Item #120221
ISBN: 9781861977229
Biography of Catherine the Great; From the jacket: "Formidably (and self-) educated, she was extremely hard-working, with a commitment to ideas and a charismatic personality. She also flouted the conventions of female rule by consorting openly with twelve successive favourites, each younger than the last. The fact that Catherine was a woman in a position of absolute power generated both the highest admiration and the most vicious satire. Simon Dixon creates a fully rounded portrait against the fascinating background of her court, as no other biography."
Price: $29.97