{"id":16058,"date":"2012-06-25T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2012-06-19T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T19:16:12","slug":"catherine-the-great-by-robert-massie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/catherine-the-great-by-robert-massie\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine the Great by Robert Massie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=catherine%20the%20great%20massie&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=bks&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16508\" title=\"catherine\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/catherine.jpg?resize=200%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=catherine%20the%20great%20massie&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=bks&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman <\/a><\/strong><\/em>is the latest\u00a0epic biography\u00a0by Robert Massie, an author who has written many fascinating books dealing with Russia and her historic leaders (including one of my favorites, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/searchresults.aspx?ctx=15.1033.0.0.1&amp;type=Keyword&amp;term=nicholas%20and%20alexandra%20massie&amp;by=KW&amp;sort=RELEVANCE&amp;limit=TOM=*&amp;query=&amp;page=0\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas and Alexandra<\/a>).\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Catherine the Great started her life simply enough as Sophie,\u00a0a minor German royal\u00a0whose mother had lofty aspirations of her daughter marrying well.<\/p>\n<p>After traveling to Russia as a teenager to marry Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth and heir to the throne, Sophie\u00a0is initially\u00a0embraced by the members of the Russian court &#8211; but\u00a0that quickly\u00a0changes.\u00a0 What follows is a whirlwind of betrayals, affairs, and power struggles as Catherine eventually ascends the Russian throne, guided by her studies of philosophy.\u00a0 She used these principles to rule Russia during civil wars and foreign conflicts throughout her reign and the author portrays these events in vivid detail. \u00a0 Massie&#8217;s writing style brings the entire era to life and personalizes Catherine as only he can &#8211; a highly recommended biography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman is the latest\u00a0epic biography\u00a0by Robert Massie, an author who has written many fascinating books dealing with Russia and her historic leaders (including one of my favorites, Nicholas and Alexandra).\u00a0 Catherine the Great started her life simply enough as Sophie,\u00a0a minor German royal\u00a0whose mother<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/catherine-the-great-by-robert-massie\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[442,2012,187,2011],"class_list":["post-16058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-biography","tag-germany","tag-philosophy","tag-russian-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-4b0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16058"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16507,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions\/16507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}