Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman Free Audiobook Download by Robert K. Massie

For this audiobook, Robert K. Massie uses documents from Catherine the Great's personal archives and from the State Archives of Russia as well as his many sources from Russian, European, and American archives. This includes over 70 letters written by Catherine herself to both friends and foes, military reports of her triumphs, dispatches from her foreign ambassadors, the diary of her nephew Paul I, and the memoirs of her first two lovers.

Read about Catherine the Great in a new and unusual way. This audiobook is narrated by Mark Deakins, an actor who has portrayed over 50 different famous people in the past.

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman is a history book about Catherine the Great, the last Russian Empress and one of the most notorious women in history. The book has gained much recognition in recent years due to Robert K. Massie's writing style which is quite simple and easy to read, while still providing interesting facts about Catherine's life.

In 1775, at age eighteen, Catherine was married off to a nineteen-year-old Peter III of Russia by her parents. The two were not very compatible and their marriage was extremely unhappy. Catherine's father, Empress Anna Ivanovna, feared that she would be in danger if her husband became mad so he also had them married by proxy. When Peter rebelled against his mother and had her imprisoned, Catherine became regent of Russia while acting as the de facto ruler.

The story of Catherine the Great, Russian Empress from 1729-1796 has been told many times. This audiobook tells a new version of the story and features an old English noblewoman who gets swept up in it all. Mark Deakins’ narration is fantastic. It's smooth, descriptive, and full of emotion.

'Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman' is a biography written by Robert K. Massie, who was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer. This audiobook tells the life story of Catherine the Great who, as one of the most successful rulers in Russia's history, had an energetic personality.