Catherine the Great

Reviews / Votes

'a balanced, comprehensive portrait of the woman whom custom calls "the Great", whom gossip painted as scarlet, but whom Diderot described probably accurately as "the soul of Brutus in the body of "Cleaopatra"'
Sunday Times `Alexander's biography is the best there is and likely to remain so'
Times Literary Supplement `a serious and highly readable work'
Times Higher Education Supplement 'this is a serious and highly readable work, which draws on a wealth of published sources, notably Catherine's own voluminous writings'
Lindsey Hughes, University of London, THES 'Alexander's biography is the best there is and likely to remain so ... based on wide-ranging use of printed and archival sources and free from dogmatic posturing. It is factually reliable, informative, lively and frequently provocative.'
A.G. Cross, The Times Literary Supplement 'A very well researched book that's also very readable'
Scottish Home and Country 'one of the most comprehensive studies of this woman written in modern times ... Well worth buying.'
Irish Independent 'an excellent analysis of the historical context in which she cut such a flamboyant figure'
Saturday Magazine