Details the thirty-four-year reign of Russia's Catherine the Great by looking at the controversies over the interpretation of her policies, and by examining the problems that she faced
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<b>The most informative, balanced, and up-to-date short study of Catherine the Great and her reign, written by an eminent scholar of Russian history</b><br><br><b>"Not just another biography of Catherine but a panoramic view of Russia's social, political, economic, and cultural development and of its emergence as a formidable power in the international arena during the thirty-four years of her reign."—Anthony Cross, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br> This edition includes a new preface dealing with recently discovered sources and revised interpretations of the period.<br><br><i>Praise for the earlier edition:</i><br> “A panoramic view of Russia’s social, political, economic, and cultural development and of its emergence as a formidable power in the international arena during the thirty-four years of [Catherine’s] reign.”—Anthony Cross, <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br><br> “De Madariaga’s book will be the standard and an essential guide for all students and scholars of Russian and European history of the second half of the eighteenth century.”—Marc Raeff, <i>Journal of Modern History</i>
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