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Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
Troyat, Henri.  Trans. Joan Pinkham.  Catherine the Great. Dutton, 1980; Phoenix, 2000.,  Excellent, compelling biography.
De Madariaga, Isabel. Catherine the Great: A Short History. 2nd ed. Yale University Press, 2002. A summary of the author's scholarship aimed at general readers.
De Madariaga, Isabel. Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great. Yale University Press, 1981, 2002. Analysis of the impact of her social, political, economic, and educational reforms.
Dixon, Simon. Catherine the Great. Longman, 2001. An engaging study of monarchical authority in 18th-century Russia.
Erickson, Carolly. Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Crown, 1994.  An accessible, popular biography.

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