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050 0 0 _aDK170
_b.M34 2011
082 1 _a92 CAT
_2
100 1 _aMassie, Robert K. (Robert Kinloch), 1929-
245 1 0 _aCatherine the Great
_b: portrait of a woman
_c/ Robert K. Massie.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York
_b: Random House
_c, c2011.
300 _a625 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [577]-579) and index.
520 _aPresents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.
546 _aEnglish.
600 1 4 _aCatherine
_bII
_c, Empress of Russia
_d(, 1729-1796)
650 4 _aEmpress
_z-Russia
_v--Biogaphy
651 4 _aRussia
_x-Kings and rulers
_v--Biography
651 4 _aRussia
_x-History
_y-Catherine II, 1762-1796
942 _cMO
999 _c227766
_d227766