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Review title: Definitely not an inspired or engrossing biography!
Product review: I was so excited when I first got this book. I was anxious to learn about Catherine the Great and the multicolored details of her eccentric life. I was unbelievably disappointed in the one-dimensional quality of the text. The author turns Catherine the Great into Catherine the Simpleton! There can be no historical basis for much of the commentary that Ms. Erickson makes. This is not a biography of an interesting woman but a medium for the author to preach from her left-wing lecturn. In my opinion, this biography rates as one of the sleaziest, most unimaginative, and biased books ever written on the life of a historical personality.
