Catherine the Great
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Empress, empire-builder, intellectual, art-collector, lover - this magnificent new biography does full justice to a truly remarkable ruler.

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Simon Dixon is Professor of Russian History at University College, London.

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A superb biography ... scholarly, refreshing, commonsensical and compelling, vividly portraying the charismatic Empress and her times
*Sunday Telegraph*

Dixon brings his subject to life admirably in this scholarly and sympathetic biography of a remarkable woman
*Mail on Sunday*

Dixon is impressive at description, building with intricate detail, and the book swarms with terrific characters.
*Daily Express*

Lively and readable
*Irish Times*

A superb biography ... scholarly, refreshing, commonsensical and compelling, vividly portraying the charismatic Empress and her times -- Simon Sebag Montefiore * Sunday Telegraph *
Dixon brings his subject to life admirably in this scholarly and sympathetic biography of a remarkable woman -- Maria Fairweather * Mail on Sunday *
Dixon is impressive at description, building with intricate detail, and the book swarms with terrific characters. -- Duncan Fallowell * Daily Express *
Lively and readable -- Paul Byrne * Irish Times *

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