Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman

The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great.Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution.Robert K. Massie brings an eternally fascinating woman together with her family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers and enemies - vividly and triumphantly to life.History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great.

A propos de l'auteur

Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography), Catherine the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War and Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert K. Massie, Massie Robert K.
• Edition: Head of Zeus
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781789544534
• ISBN: 978-1-78954-453-4
• Pages: 800
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Thèmes: Apollo; Great Lives
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Epoque moderne jusqu'en 1918; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Russia, European History, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, Biography: royalty, Non Fiction, Biography: historical, political and military