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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 3087. Catherine the Great / Life and Legend, by John T. Alexander. Due to the generosity of a Florida poster on a book board I follow, I received this book. It is a 1989 book, and I found it quite a serious book--less flippant than Henri Troyat's bio of Catherine which I read in June of 1987. Catherine's career was an amazing one. This book is good academic history, and I was glad to receive it and found it worth reading. (read July 1, 1998) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself as Empress of the multinational Russian Empire, the largest territorial political unit in modern history. Portrayed both as a political genius who restored to Russia the glory it had known in the days of Peter the Great and as a despotic foreign a No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)947.063History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period Catharine I - Catharine II 1725-96 Catherine II (the Great), 1762-1796Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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Catherine ruled from 1762-1796. She corresponded with philosophes, expanded Russian boundaries and influence, and introduced a number of reforms, which didn’t last much longer than her reign. In her free time, Catherine had a succession of lovers. She has fascinated historians and popular culture.
John Alexander published his study of Catherine’s impact on Russia in 1989. It’s an academic, scholarly work. Alexander’s research is prodigious. His need to share everything understandable. The book is well worth reading. But I suggest reading it in small doses. It’s the kind of book to pick up and digest before putting it down again. I started it in January and have now finished in August.
Alexander chronicled an important period in Russian and European history, but he didn’t write a social, intellectual or personal history. Readers won’t learn much about individuals or social movements. But they will learn what happened when, and that’s not a bad result. ( )