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'Recounted with vigor and admiration...[and] written by an obvious scholar, [this book] nonetheless reads with the excitement of good fiction...de Madariaga tells a sparkling story.' CHICAGO SUN TIMES 'This masterly study of Catherine and Russia will probably be a standard work for a generation...Highly recommended.' CHOICE 'A fair view of one of the most remarkable women in modern history.' NEW YORKER Extensively revised and corrected by the author.

About the Author

Isabel de Madariaga is Professor Emeritus of Slavonic Studies at the University of London.