She herself led 14,000 soldiers to arrest him, charging along on a white horse, in. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. Catherine the Great ascended to the Russian throne when her husband, Peter III, was removed in a coup in 1762. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies-all are here, vividly brought to life. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. While president of the Guild, he famously called on authors to boycott any store refusing to carry Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. Massie was the president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991, and he still serves as an ex officio council member. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. In 2011 Massie published his biography, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011). Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Providence Journal Massie Book description The fascinating true story behind HBO's Catherine the Great starring Dame Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Vogue, St.ONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME “ compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”- Newsweek

An “absorbing” ( Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history-from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs.

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