Quotes by Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

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To prove to [her friend, Swedish diplomat Count] Gyllenborg that she was not superficial, Catherine composed an essay ab — Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Books were her refuge. Having set herself to learn the Russian language, she read every Russian book she could find. But — Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
In January in Northern Russia, everything vanishes beneath a deep blanket of whiteness. Rivers, fields, trees, roads, an — Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
She had dealt with her pregnancy by wrapping herself in dreams. — Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
This marriage had resulted from impulse: he had seen her on a high-flying swing at Tsarkoe Selo and her skirt, flared by — Robert K. Massie, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman