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9781842125113
'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 YORKERExtensively revised and corrected by the author.Madariaga, Isabel de is the author of 'Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great' with ISBN 9781842125113 and ISBN 1842125117.
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