Catherine the Great: A Personal View
Isabel de Madariaga looks at the personality and achievement of the controversial Empress of Russia.
Since I first took Catherine seriously as a ruler, some forty years ago, I have grown to like her very much. This is not therefore going to be an exercise in debunking, it is a personal portrait of someone who has become a close friend.
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