A review by ckjaer88
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

4.0

Great biography, really well-written and shows the different sides of this prominent woman. Normally I'm quite critical about how bios are written; if they seem too familiar with the historic person I can't take them all that seriously. But this one is very matter of fact, and most emotional statements are followed by the actual letters or drafts. Now since I haven't studied the woman, Russias history or any of the other players in her world, I'm taking all the facts on good faith. I'm not going to give it five stars, mainly because I haven't read any other bios of Catherine II, so I don't have any competitors to compar it to.