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    <body><![CDATA[Not nearly as captivating as Peter the Great by Robert Massie but this is mostly due to the fact that Catherine frittered away so much of her time and energy with an endless list of gorgeous but rather mindless lovers.  I was a bit bored by the descriptions of her love life and would have preferred ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73655397">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sofía Federica Augusta de Anhalt-Zerbst nació en Stettin, Pomerania, en 1729. poco sospechaban sus padres que esa niña, de del todo deseada la madre prefería un varón ni tampoco demasiado agraciada, ocuparía a la edad de treinta y seis años el trono de Rusia con el nombre de Catalina II y que...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19970409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book after perusing an exhibition telling the story of  Catherine the Great and exhibiting some of her possessions and period pieces.  Since my grandparents came to homestead in Russia/Ukraine because of Catherine's bold invitation (out of her desire to improve the yield of the country...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74887641">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inspiring! The most ambitious and adaptable women who ever lived.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've gotten very tired of reading about traditional European history, and I love biographies, so I thought I'd read about Catherine the Great.  Wow, what an amazing ambitious woman! I hope to have her sexual appetite when I get older. <br/><br/>What's more important is to see how she shaped and ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6193177">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have long been fascinated with Russia - her people, her leaders, and her  history.  Catherine the Great is an incredibly interesting and fascinating character in that history.  Although there have been many books written about her, the best is a writing I discovered about 35 years ago.  I haven't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28962182">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Troyat tells the amusing and interesting story of one of history's greatest queens and empresses. While keeping an eye on the political meanings for the nation Catherine  ruled and the consequences of her military decisions, Troyant paints a complete picture of Russia in Cathrine's age in a fun, lig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10946702">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Starts out quite addictive and readable. Seems to bog down a little in the middle (where I am now). A little difficult to keep all Catherine's suitors and courtiers straight, as the paperback version has no pictures. But overall it's enjoyable and I'm learning a lot about a historical figure I knew ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34733044">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book many times. A very interesting read of Catherine the Great. Comprehensive and detailed. The author paints a complete portrait of Catherine's rise to power, her life as the empress, her lovers and her death. A fabulous read for anyone interested in this great woman.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this based on Holly's recommendation and absolutely loved it - it accompanies a reading passion for Russian literature..I just need the courage to begin War and Peace!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[actually this is not the book i read, i just couldn't find it in the list. well, it's a good book, worth all the headaches of trying to remember names written in it.]]></body>
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