num_pages: 592
description: 1927. This work is primarily a story wherein Anthony has woven the portrait of a real woman into the pattern of 18th Century politics. The reader is introduced to Catherine, the statesman, who unites Russia, destroys Poland and participates in the American Revolutionary War. The reader also sees Catherine, the jealous mistress of men, who at sixty has a lover of twenty-five. The book has particular interest in its bearing on Catherine's celebrated love life.
language: English
title: Catherine the Great
titlecomplete: Catherine the Great
characters: Catherine the Great
genres: Historical, Russian History, History, 18th Century, Russia, European History, Biography Memoir, World History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1385
publisher: HUTCHINSON (RAND)