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A review by kymme
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
5.0
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I learned more about the political history of the world from reading this book than from anything I ever learned in school. Catherine II is positively fascinating, and I’m grateful to the lovely, deeply fictional romp that is the show “The Great” for sparking an interest that led to my reading this incredible book. Phenomenal research and an indescribably cool way of blending sweeping historical information and complex political machinations with intimate, seemingly secret private information in a compelling and often hilarious manner. Incredible writer, Massie was. I read on both paper and Kindle and also listened to parts of the audio book, and across those three modalities was able to not spend half the year on this very long, very wonderful book.
I learned more about the political history of the world from reading this book than from anything I ever learned in school. Catherine II is positively fascinating, and I’m grateful to the lovely, deeply fictional romp that is the show “The Great” for sparking an interest that led to my reading this incredible book. Phenomenal research and an indescribably cool way of blending sweeping historical information and complex political machinations with intimate, seemingly secret private information in a compelling and often hilarious manner. Incredible writer, Massie was. I read on both paper and Kindle and also listened to parts of the audio book, and across those three modalities was able to not spend half the year on this very long, very wonderful book.