Just finished reading this today and I really enjoyed it. I liked how the story is told through the writings of people of the court. It felt more "alive" to me than just a book of names and dates. I really didn't know too much about Catherine the Great before reading this book, but now I feel like I understand her and the daily court life a lot better.
I will say that I regret reading this as an ebook instead of the dead tree form, as it made flipping back to the family tree section a bit annoying and time consuming.
Rating: 5/5
My major beef with my kindle is how hard it is too flip back and forth. This book sounds interesting!
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